Tschappina
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Tschappina |
| image_photo | Kirche Tschappina 2.jpg |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Tschappina COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Tschappina Flag.svg |
| canton | Grisons |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Viamala |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7428 |
| municipality_code | 3669 |
| area | 24.67 |
| elevation | 1400 |
| population | |
| website | www.tschappina.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Flerden, Lohn, Mathon, Safien, Urmein |
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| subject_name = Tschappina | image_photo = Kirche Tschappina 2.jpg | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Tschappina COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Tschappina Flag.svg | languages = | canton = Grisons | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Viamala |coordinates = | postal_code = 7428 | municipality_code = 3669 | area = 24.67 | elevation = 1400|elevation_description= | population = | populationof = | popofyear = | website = www.tschappina.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Flerden, Lohn, Mathon, Safien, Urmein | twintowns = |}} Tschappina is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
History
Tschappina is first mentioned in 1396 as in Schipinen.
Geography
Tschappina has an area, , of 24.7 km2. Of this area, 42.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (30%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It consists of scattered settlements over the upper Heinzenberg mountains, at an elevation of 1384 -. It consists of the settlements of Unter- and Ober-Tschappina, Ober Gmeind, Usser and Inner Glas.
Demographics
Tschappina has a population (as of ) of . , 4.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.8%.
, the gender distribution of the population was 53.1% male and 46.9% female. The age distribution, , in Tschappina is; 20 people or 13.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 people or 9.3% are 10 to 14, and 7 people or 4.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 13.9% are 30 to 39, 24 people or 15.9% are 40 to 49, and 21 people or 13.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 15 people or 9.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 6.6% are 70 to 79, there are 10 people or 6.6% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 to 99.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.4%), the FDP (12.6%) and the CVP (9.3%).
In Tschappina about 71.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Tschappina has an unemployment rate of 0.39%. , there were 54 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 19 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 330 |
| 1850 | 251 |
| 1900 | 209 |
| 1950 | 209 |
| 2000 | 151 |
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Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (98.0%), with Romansh being second most common ( 1.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.7%).
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| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | 151 | 96.79% | 138 | 98.57% | 148 | 98.01% | |||
| Romansh | 3 | 1.92% | 2 | 1.43% | 2 | 1.32% | |||
| Population | 156 | 100% | 140 | 100% | 151 | 100% | |||
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References
References
- [https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016] accessed 16 February 2017
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 08-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. 1493. Tschappina
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