Arvigo
Template:Infobox Swiss town Arvigo is a former municipality in the district of Moesa in the south of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, next to Ticino. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.[1]
History
Arvigo is first mentioned in 1453 as Arvicho.[2]
Geography
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The former municipality is located in the Calanca sub-district of the Moesa district. It is the capital of the Val Calanca and also home to the local District Court. It consists of the village of Arvigo and since 1980 the hamlets of Landarenca.
Demographics
Arvigo had a population (as of 2013) of 87.[3] since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 29.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[4] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -8.8%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks Italian (78.3%), with German being second most common (10.9%) and Portuguese being third ( 5.4%).[5]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the gender distribution of the population was 54.8% male and 45.2% female.[6] The age distribution, since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Arvigo is; 4 children or 4.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 2 teenagers or 2.2% are 10 to 14, and no one is between 15 and 19. Of the adult population, 12 people or 13.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 19 people or 20.7% are 30 to 39, 7 people or 7.6% are 40 to 49, and 9 people or 9.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 15 people or 16.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 16.3% are 70 to 79, there are 6 people or 6.5% who are 80 to 89, and there are 3 people or 3.3% who are 90 to 99.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (22.6%), the SP (20%) and the FDP (15.5%).[3]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Arvigo about 53.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3]
Arvigo has an unemployment rate of 1.85%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 11 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 9 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[2][6]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1691 | 400 |
| 1733 | 352 |
| 1850 | 110 |
| 1900 | 226 |
| 1950 | 152 |
| 1960 | 131 |
| 1970 | 150 |
| 1980 | 112 |
| 1990 | 115 |
| 2000 | 92a |
| 2010 | 97 |
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Church of San Lorenzo, first mentioned in 1453
References
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- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 2 January 2013
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- ↑ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 19 January 2015
- ↑ a b Graubunden Population Statistics Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 22-Oct-2009
- ↑ a b Graubunden in Numbers Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
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