Stierva
title: "Stierva" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["albula/alvra", "former-municipalities-of-the-grisons"] topic_path: "general/albula-alvra" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stierva" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Stierva |
| image_photo | Stierva Dorf.jpg |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Stierva wappen.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Stierva.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Albula |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7459 |
| municipality_code | 3504 |
| area | 10.54 |
| elevation | 1375 |
| population | 134 |
| website | www.albula-alvra.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Alvaschein, Mon, Mutten, Salouf, Tiefencastel, Vaz/Obervaz, Zillis-Reischen |
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| subject_name = Stierva | image_photo = Stierva Dorf.jpg | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Stierva wappen.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Stierva.gif | languages = | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Albula |coordinates = | postal_code = 7459 | municipality_code = 3504 | area = 10.54 | elevation = 1375|elevation_description= | population = 134 |populationof= Dec 2013 | website = www.albula-alvra.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Alvaschein, Mon, Mutten, Salouf, Tiefencastel, Vaz/Obervaz, Zillis-Reischen | twintowns = |}} Stierva is a village and former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
In the 2000 census, some two-thirds of the population declared Romansh as a first language, with most of the rest speaking German.
History
Stierva is first mentioned in 841 Seturiuo. Until 1943 Stierva was known as Stürvis.
Geography
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Before the merger, Stierva had a total area of 10.5 km2. Of this area, 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The village is located in the Alvaschein sub-district of the Albula district. It is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) above the lower Albula valley.
Demographics
Stierva had a population (as of 2013) of 134. , 1.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.8%. Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (66.4%), with German being second most common (32.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.8%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 46.6% male and 53.4% female. The age distribution, , in Stierva is; 20 people or 15.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 people or 4.7% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 17 people or 13.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 16.4% are 30 to 39, 15 people or 11.7% are 40 to 49, and 12 people or 9.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 12.5% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 5.5% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person or 0.8% who are 90 to 99.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 45.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (40.6%), the SPS (7.8%) and the FDP (5.9%).
In Stierva about 66.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Stierva has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 21 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 179 |
| 1900 | 150 |
| 1950 | 150 |
| 1960 | 130 |
| 1970 | 114 |
| 1980 | 113 |
| 1990 | 100 |
| 2000 | 137 |
| 2010 | 140 |
| :: |
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 2 January 2013
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 15 January 2015
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive. link. (September 24, 2009 {{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. (August 27, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- {{HDS. 1412. Stierva
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