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Törbel
Summary
Törbel is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The highest point is the peak of the Augstbordhorns at .
Törbel is first mentioned in 1034 as Dorbia.
Törbel has an area, , of . Of this area, 33.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 26.0% is unproductive land.
The municipality is located in the Visp district, in the Visp valley above Stalden. It consists of the village of Törbel and the hamlets of Burge, Feld and Brunnen as well as six additional settlements.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is A chief Argent, per fess Azure on a Mount Vert a Tower Argent and Or a Fountain Sable, overall capital letter tau.
Törbel has a population () of . , 1.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of -10.3%. It has changed at a rate of -4% due to migration and at a rate of -2.2% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks German (494 or 99.2%) as their first language with the rest speaking Serbo-Croatian.
the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female. The population was made up of 244 Swiss men (49.9% of the population) and 3 (0.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 240 Swiss women (49.1%) and 2 (0.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 414 or about 83.1% were born in Törbel and lived there in 2000. There were 45 or 9.0% who were born in the same canton, while 23 or 4.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 8 or 1.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.5%.
there were 215 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 238 married individuals, 37 widows or widowers and 8 individuals who are divorced.
there were 182 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
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