Praden
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Praden |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Wappen Praden.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Praden.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Plessur |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7063 |
| municipality_code | 3914 |
| area | 6.42 |
| elevation | 1161 |
| population | 109 |
| website | www.praden.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Calfreisen, Castiel, Churwalden, Lüen, Maladers, Tschiertschen |
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| subject_name = Praden | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Wappen Praden.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Praden.gif | languages = | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Plessur |coordinates = | postal_code = 7063 | municipality_code = 3914 | area = 6.42 | elevation = 1161|elevation_description= | population = 109 |populationof = December 2008 | popofyear = 2008 | website = www.praden.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Calfreisen, Castiel, Churwalden, Lüen, Maladers, Tschiertschen | twintowns = |}} Praden (Romansh: Prada) is a village in the municipality of Tschiertschen-Praden in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
The formerly independent municipality merged with Tschiertschen to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.
History
Praden is first mentioned in 1157 as de Pradis.
Geography
Praden has an area, , of 6.4 km2. Of this area, 26.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 67.9% is forest. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) is non-arable (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The village is located in the Churwalden sub-district of the Plessur district on the mountain slopes above the left side of the Schanfigger valley. It consists of the linear villages of Inner- and Usserpraden at an elevation of 1100 m and 1250 m respectively. In 2009 Praden merged with Tschiertschen to form Tschiertschen-Praden.
Demographics
Praden had a population () of 109, of which 8.3% are foreign nationals.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The age distribution, , in Praden is; 11 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 teenagers or 13.9% are 10 to 14, and 7 teenagers or 6.9% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 8.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 16 people or 15.8% are 30 to 39, 21 people or 20.8% are 40 to 49, and 14 people or 13.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 4 people or 4.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 3 people or 3.0% are 70 to 79, there are 2 people or 2.0% who are 80 to 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 60% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28.4%), the FDP (10.5%) and the CVP (1.1%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Praden about 89.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Praden has an unemployment rate of 0.96%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 150 |
| 1850 | 144 |
| 1900 | 131 |
| 1950 | 98 |
| 1980 | 51 |
| 2000 | 101 |
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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 23 September 2009
- Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -14.5%. Most of the population ({{as of. 2000. link. (2011-09-04 accessed 27-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. 1585. Praden
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