Flerden
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Flerden |
| image_photo | Flerden Kirche mit Turm.jpg |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Flerden Flag.svg |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Flerden COA.svg |
| canton | Grisons |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Viamala |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7426 |
| municipality_code | 3662 |
| area | 6.09 |
| elevation | 1231 |
| population | |
| website | www.flerden.ch |
| mayor | Kasper Marugg |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Masein, Portein, Safien, Tschappina, Urmein |
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| subject_name = Flerden | image_photo = Flerden Kirche mit Turm.jpg | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_flag = CHE Flerden Flag.svg | imagepath_coa = CHE Flerden COA.svg|pixel_coa= | languages = | canton = Grisons | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Viamala |coordinates = | postal_code = 7426 | municipality_code = 3662 | area = 6.09 | elevation = 1231|elevation_description= | population = | populationof = | popofyear = | website = www.flerden.ch | mayor = Kasper Marugg|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Masein, Portein, Safien, Tschappina, Urmein | twintowns = |}} Flerden (Romansh: Flearda) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
History
Flerden is first mentioned in 1156 as Flirden.
Geography
Flerden has an area, , of 6.1 km2. Of this area, 54.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (11.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Flerden on the inner Heinzenberg at an elevation of 1234 m.
Demographics
Flerden has a population (as of ) of . , 2.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 15.3%.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The age distribution, , in Flerden is; 14 people or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 22 people or 13.8% are 10 to 14, and 13 people or 8.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 5.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 17 people or 10.6% are 30 to 39, 30 people or 18.8% are 40 to 49, and 21 people or 13.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 7.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 10.0% are 70 to 79, there are 6 people or 3.8% who are 80 to 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.4%), the SPS (14%) and the CVP (12.7%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flerden about 81% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Flerden has an unemployment rate of 0.32%. , there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 15 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1808 | 148 |
| 1850 | 122 |
| 1900 | 109 |
| 1950 | 150 |
| 1960 | 132 |
| 1970 | 105 |
| 1980 | 128 |
| 1990 | 158 |
| 2000 | 160 |
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Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (95.6%), with Romansh being second most common ( 3.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.6%).
::data[format=table title="Languages in Flerden"]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | 123 | 96.09% | 157 | 99.37% | 153 | 96.0% | |||
| Romanish | 4 | 3.12% | 1 | 0.63% | 6 | 4.0% | |||
| Population | 128 | 100% | 158 | 100% | 160 | 100% | |||
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References
References
- [https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016] accessed 16 February 2017
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (January 5, 2016 accessed 7 October 2009)
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive. link. (September 24, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (August 27, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- {{HDS. 1486. Flerden
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