Erschmatt
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°41′E / 46.317°N 7.683°ECoordinates: 46°19′N 7°41′E / 46.317°N 7.683°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Valais | |
| District | Leuk | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Rafael Locher | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,228 m (4,029 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 278 | |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3957 | |
| SFOS number | 6105 | |
| Surrounded by | Bratsch, Ferden, Gampel, Guttet-Feschel, Leuk | |
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Erschmatt is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Erschmatt merged into the municipality of Leuk.
Erschmatt is first mentioned in 1328 as Huers. In 1357 it was mentioned as Hoers.
Before the merger, Erschmatt had a total area of 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi). Of this area, 37.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 38.4% is unproductive land.
The former municipality is located in the Leuk district, at an elevation of 1,230 m (4,040 ft) on the Leuker Sonnenbergen mountain. It consists of the village of Erschmatt and the, usually occupied year round, alpine herding camp of Brentschen at an elevation of 1,540 m (5,050 ft).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure between a Mullet of Six and a Trefoil Argent on a Bend of the same a Sword of Flames Gules hilted Sable in base Coupeaux Vert.
Erschmatt had a population (as of 2010) of 278. As of 2008[update], 1.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -9%. It has changed at a rate of -2.2% due to migration and at a rate of -4.7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (299 or 99.0%) as their first language, French and Romansh are the next most common (1 or 0.3% each).
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The population was made up of 145 Swiss men (49.5% of the population) and 7 (2.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 140 Swiss women (47.8%) and 1 (0.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 198 or about 65.6% were born in Erschmatt and lived there in 2000. There were 75 or 24.8% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 4.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 5 or 1.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
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