Urmein
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Urmein |
| image_photo | Kirche Urmein 1.jpg |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Urmein COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Urmein Flag.svg |
| canton | Grisons |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Viamala |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7427 |
| municipality_code | 3670 |
| area | 4.35 |
| elevation | 1264 |
| population | |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Flerden, Lohn, Masein, Thusis, Tschappina |
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| subject_name = Urmein | image_photo = Kirche Urmein 1.jpg | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Urmein COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Urmein Flag.svg | languages = | canton = Grisons | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Viamala |coordinates = | postal_code = 7427 | municipality_code = 3670 | area = 4.35 | elevation = 1264|elevation_description= | population = | populationof = | popofyear = | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Flerden, Lohn, Masein, Thusis, Tschappina | twintowns = |}} Urmein (Romansh: Urmagn) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
History
Urmein is first mentioned in 1156 as Hof de Ormen.
Geography
Urmein has an area, , of 4.4 km2. Of this area, 46.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.8%) 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 the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Urmein in the inner Heinzenberg mountains at an elevation of 1264 m.
Demographics
Urmein has a population (as of ) of . , 3.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.8%.
, the gender distribution of the population was 45.9% male and 54.1% female. The age distribution, , in Urmein is; 1 child or 1.2% of the population is between 0 and 9 years old. 2 children or 2.5% are 10 to 14, and 3 children or 3.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 14 people or 17.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 7.4% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 11.1% are 40 to 49, and 18 people or 22.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 17.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 12.3% are 70 to 79, there are 4 people or 4.9% who are 80 to 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 66.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (13.2%), the SPS (12.9%) and the local, small right-wing parties (4.2%).
In Urmein about 72.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Urmein has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. No one is employed in the secondary 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 |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 158 |
| 1850 | 133 |
| 1900 | 89 |
| 1950 | 90 |
| 2000 | 81 |
| 2019 | 147 |
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Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (98.8%), with the rest speaking Polish ( 1.2%).
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| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | 73 | 96.05% | 79 | 97.53% | 80 | 98.77% | |||
| Romanish | 2 | 2.63% | 2 | 2.47% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| Population | 76 | 100% | 81 | 100% | 81 | 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. 1494. Urmein
- "Regionalprofile".
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