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Turtmann-Unterems is a
municipality
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in the district of Leuk
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of Valais
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in Switzerland
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. The municipalities of Turtmann
Turtmann (French: ''Tourtemagne'') is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Leuk (district), Leuk in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipalities of Turtmann and Unterems merged ...
and Unterems
Unterems is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipalities of Turtmann and Unterems merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Turtmann-Unterems.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
Turtmann-Unterems had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 14.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 70.2% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .
accessed 2 May 2016 Before the merger, Turtmann had an area, , of . Of this area, 46.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 3.2% is unproductive land.
accessed 4 January 2013 It was located in the Leuk district, south of the Rhone river down in the Rhone valley at the entrance to the Turtmann valley. It consists of the village of Turtmann and the
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, there were a total of 530 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 94 people worked in 36 businesses in the primary economic sector. The
Statistical Atlas of Switzerland
accessed 5 April 2016
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
Geography
Turtmann-Unterems had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 14.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 70.2% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .accessed 2 May 2016 Before the merger, Turtmann had an area, , of . Of this area, 46.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 3.2% is unproductive land.
accessed 4 January 2013 It was located in the Leuk district, south of the Rhone river down in the Rhone valley at the entrance to the Turtmann valley. It consists of the village of Turtmann and the
hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
of Tännu and Ried.
Before the merger, Unterems had an area, , of . Of this area, 39.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.0% is unproductive land. It was located in the Leuk district, high on the left side of the Rhone valley. It consists of the village of Unterems and the hamlets of Ze Schmidu, Feldishaus and Prupräsu.
Demographics
Turtmann-Unterems has a population () of . , 10.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 3 years (2010-2013) the population has changed at a rate of -2.77%. Thebirth rate
Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live childbirth, human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registr ...
in the municipality, in 2013, was 14.2 while the death rate
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of d ...
was 8.0 per thousand residents.
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 63.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.9%.
Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:Sights
The entire village of Turtmann is designated as part of theInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
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Sites of national importance
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Economy
, there were a total of 530 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 94 people worked in 36 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector
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employed 204 workers in 22 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...
provided 232 jobs in 61 businesses. In 2013 a total of 4.5% of the population received social assistance.
Crime
In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in theSwiss Criminal Code
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(running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Turtmann-Unterems was 13.3 per thousand residents. This rate is lower than average, at only 31.4% of the cantonal rate and 20.6% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 7.1 per thousand residents, which is only 71.7% of the national rate. The rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws was 0 per thousand residents.accessed 5 April 2016
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