Mulegns
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Mulegns |
| image_photo | Mulegns.jpg |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Mulegns wappen.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Mulegns.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Albula |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7455 |
| municipality_code | 3534 |
| area | 33.80 |
| elevation | 1481 |
| population | 25 |
| website | https://surses.ch/RM/surses/vischnancas/mulegns.html |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Avers, Bivio, Ferrera, Marmorera, Riom-Parsonz, Savognin, Sur, Tinizong-Rona |
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| subject_name = Mulegns | image_photo = Mulegns.jpg | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Mulegns wappen.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Mulegns.gif | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Albula |coordinates = | postal_code = 7455 | municipality_code = 3534 | area = 33.80 | elevation = 1481|elevation_description= | population = 25 |populationof = Dec 2014 | popofyear = 2014 | website = https://surses.ch/RM/surses/vischnancas/mulegns.html | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Avers, Bivio, Ferrera, Marmorera, Riom-Parsonz, Savognin, Sur, Tinizong-Rona | twintowns = |}} Mulegns is a village and a former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.
History
Around 600-500 BC, a copper mine and smelter were built in the Val Faller (Faller valley) near modern Mulegns. The village was founded by a Walser group during the 15th Century. It was first mentioned in 1521.
Geography
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Mulegns had an area, , of 33.8 km2. Of this area, 30.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (59.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Surses sub-district of the Albula district. It is along the road to the Julier Pass (the Julienstrasse) at the entrance to a side valley of the Val Faller. Until 1943 Mulegns was known as Mühlen.
Demographics
Mulegns had a population (as of 2014) of 25. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -23.5%.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The age distribution, , in Mulegns is; 3 people or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 1 person or 3.0% is 10 to 14, and 2 people or 6.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, no one is between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 18.2% are 30 to 39, 1 person or 3.0% is 40 to 49, and 5 people or 15.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 24.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 18.2% are 70 to 79, there is 1 person or 3.0% who is 80 to 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 63.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SVP (20%) and the FDP (8.3%).
In Mulegns about 62.5% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Mulegns has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 1 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 120 |
| 1900 | 146 |
| 1950 | 109 |
| 1960 | 57 |
| 1970 | 66 |
| 1980 | 50 |
| 1990 | 37 |
| 2000 | 33 |
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Languages
Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (57.6%), with the rest speaking German(42.4%). ::data[format=table title="Languages in Mulegns"]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | 4 | 8.00% | 10 | 27.03% | 14 | 42.42% | |||
| Romanish | 46 | 92.00% | 27 | 72.97% | 19 | 57.58% | |||
| Italian | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| Population | 50 | 100% | 37 | 100% | 33 | 100% | |||
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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
- [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 23 September 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. 1425. Mulegns
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 30-Sep-2009
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