Leggia
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Leggia |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Leggia wappen.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Leggia.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Moesa |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 6556 |
| municipality_code | 3833 |
| area | 9.15 |
| elevation | 337 |
| population | 138 |
| website | www.grono.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Cama, Grono, Verdabbio |
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| subject_name = Leggia | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Leggia wappen.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Leggia.gif | languages = | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Moesa |coordinates = | postal_code = 6556 | municipality_code = 3833 | area = 9.15 | elevation = 337|elevation_description= | population = 138 | populationof = Dec 2015| popofyear = 2015 | website = www.grono.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Cama, Grono, Verdabbio | twintowns = |}} Leggia is a former municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Leggia and Verdabbio merged into the municipality of Grono.
History
Leggia is first mentioned in 1295 as de Legia.
Geography
Leggia had an area, , of 9.2 km2. Of this area, 8.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (24.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Roveredo sub-district of the Moesa district on the right bank of the Moesa river.
Demographics
Leggia had a population (as of 2015) of 138. , 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The age distribution, , in Leggia is; 13 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 7 teenagers or 5.5% are 10 to 14, and 7 teenagers or 5.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 12 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 23 people or 18.1% are 30 to 39, 16 people or 12.6% are 40 to 49, and 15 people or 11.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 17 people or 13.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 7.9% are 70 to 79, there are 5 people or 3.9% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 1.6% who are 90 to 99.
In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the SP which received 32.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28.1%), the CVP (21.9%) and the FDP (17.7%).
In Leggia, about 55.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Leggia has an unemployment rate of 1.67%. , there were 19 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 14 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 2 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1826 | 72 |
| 1850 | 103 |
| 1900 | 123 |
| 1950 | 138 |
| 2000 | 127 |
| :: |
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang. de accessed 27 April 2016
- Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -16.8%. Most of the population ({{as of. 2000. link. (2016-01-05 accessed 23-Oct-2009)
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive. link. (2009-09-24 {{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. (2009-08-27 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- {{HDS. 1561. Leggia
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