Pitasch
title: "Pitasch" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ilanz/glion", "former-municipalities-of-the-grisons", "cultural-property-of-national-significance-in-the-grisons"] topic_path: "general/ilanz-glion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitasch" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Pitasch |
| image_photo | Pitasch.jpg |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Pitasch wappen.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Pitasch.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Surselva |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7111 |
| municipality_code | 3578 |
| area | 10.81 |
| elevation | 1060 |
| population | 106 |
| website | www.pitasch.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Cumbel, Duvin, Riein, Safien, Sevgein |
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| subject_name = Pitasch | image_photo = Pitasch.jpg | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Pitasch wappen.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Pitasch.gif | languages = | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Surselva |coordinates = | postal_code = 7111 | municipality_code = 3578 | area = 10.81 | elevation = 1060|elevation_description= | population = 106 |populationof= Dec 2011 | website = www.pitasch.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Cumbel, Duvin, Riein, Safien, Sevgein | twintowns = |}} Pitasch is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Pitasch, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.
History
Pitasch is first mentioned about 801–50 as Pictaui though this comes from a 16th-century copy of the lost original. In 960 it was mentioned as in Pictaso.
Geography
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Before the merger, Pitasch had a total area of 10.8 km2. Of this area, 31.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (18%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Ilanz sub-district of the Surselva district. Before 2000 it was part of the Glenner district. It is located south of Ilanz on a terrace between the Val Renastga and the Val da Pitasch on the old road between Castrisch over the Güner Kreuz to Safien.
Demographics
Pitasch had a population (as of 2011) of 106. , 2.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.9%. Most of the population () speaks Romansh (60.2%), with the rest speaking German (39.8%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female. The age distribution, , in Pitasch is; 19 children or 16.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 26 teenagers or 22.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 6.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 17.8% are between 30 and 39, 16 people or 13.6% are between 40 and 49, and 11 people or 9.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 5.1% are between 70 and 79, there is 1 person who is between 80 and 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.5%), the SP (20.9%) and the CVP (11.2%).
In Pitasch about 70.1% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Pitasch has an unemployment rate of 2.05%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 6 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 96 |
| 1900 | 105 |
| 1950 | 125 |
| 2000 | 118 |
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Swiss Reformed Church building in Pitasch is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
The Reformed Church was built in the mid-12th century into its current form. The church floorplan is a single nave church with a single half round apse. The interior murals date to about 1420, and on the exterior south wall is a mural of St. Martin and St. Christopher from the studio of the unknown Waltensburg Master which was painted about 1340.
File:Pitasch Kirche.jpg|Exterior of the Church in Pitasch File:Kirche Pitasch innen.jpg|Interior of the church File:Kirche Pitasch Christoforus.jpg|St. Christopher (Christoforus)
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive. link. (2015-11-13 {{in lang). de accessed 13 December 2014
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 23 January 2014
- [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. 1441. Pitasch
- [http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive. link. (2009-05-01 21.11.2008 version, {{in lang). de accessed 12-Nov-2009
- Flüeler. (1982). "Kulturführer Schweiz". Ex Libris Verlag AG.
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