Molinis
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Molinis |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Molinis wappen.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Molinis.gif |
| image_photo | Molinis 2006-09-09.jpg |
| image_caption | Molinis village |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Plessur |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7056 |
| municipality_code | 3927 |
| area | 13.24 |
| elevation | 1041 |
| population | 132 |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Arosa, Peist, St. Peter-Pagig, Tschiertschen |
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| subject_name = Molinis | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Molinis wappen.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Molinis.gif | image_photo = Molinis 2006-09-09.jpg | image_caption = Molinis village | languages = | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Plessur |coordinates = | postal_code = 7056 | municipality_code = 3927 | area = 13.24 | elevation = 1041|elevation_description= | population = 132 |populationof=2010 | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Peist, St. Peter-Pagig, Tschiertschen | twintowns = |}} Molinis is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Molinis, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.
History
Molinis is first mentioned in 1335 as Mulina. Formerly, in Romansh, it was known as Molinas.
Geography
Before the merger, Molinis had a total area of 13.2 km2. Of this area, 26.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 60.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (11%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district, on the Schanfigg valley floor. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Molinis.
Nearby is the Sankt Peter-Molinis railway station, on the Chur-Arosa railway line, which also serves Sankt Peter.
Demographics
Molinis had a population (as of 2010) of 132. , 12.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of −20.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.8%), with Romansh being second most common (1.5%) and Spanish being third (0.7%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.7% male and 47.3% female. The age distribution, , in Molinis is; 20 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 22 teenagers or 16.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 7 people or 5.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 25 people or 18.4% are between 30 and 39, 20 people or 14.7% are between 40 and 49, and 9 people or 6.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 11.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 4 people or 2.9% who are between 80 and 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 55.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (29.8%), the FDP (7.7%) and the CVP (5.5%).
In Molinis about 73.4% of the population (between ages 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Molinis has an unemployment rate of 0.79%. , there were 10 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 24 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 135 |
| 1900 | 106 |
| 1950 | 137 |
| 1980 | 83 |
| 2000 | 136 |
| :: |
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang. de accessed 9 February 2013
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 11 February 2013
- [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. 1593. Molinis
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