Fuldera

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Fuldera is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Fuldera merged with Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.[1]

History

Fuldera is first mentioned in 1322 as Faldiera.[2]

Geography

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Fuldera village

Fuldera had an area, as of 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 24.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (36.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3]

The village is located in the Val Müstair sub-district (now Val Müstair municipality) of the Inn district. It is located on the right side of the Rombach. It consists of the larger Fuldera-Dora and the smaller Fuldera-Daint.

Demographics

Fuldera had a population (as of 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of 121, of which 6.6% are foreign nationals.[4] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.2%.[3]

As of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the gender distribution of the population was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.[5] The age distribution, as of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Fuldera is; 20 children or 17.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 12 teenagers or 10.4% are 10 to 14, and 1 teenager is 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 10 people or 8.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 20 people or 17.4% are 30 to 39, 12 people or 10.4% are 40 to 49, and 10 people or 8.7% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 16 people or 13.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 5.2% are 70 to 79, there are 8 people or 7.0% who are 80 to 89.[4]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.4%), the CVP (18.5%) and the FDP (5.9%).[3]

In Fuldera about 81.8% 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]

Fuldera has an unemployment rate of 1.63%. As of 2005Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 17 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.[3]

The historical population is given in the following table:[2]

year population
1835 179
1850 123
1900 98
1950 118
2000 115
2008 121

Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (74.8%), with German being second most common (23.5%) and Italian being third (0.9%).[3] The Romansh speaking population speak the Vallader dialect. Between 1880 and 1980 most of the population spoke Romansh as their first language (1880: 80%, 1941 89% and 1980 95%). In 1990 93% of the population understood Romansh, even if it wasn't their first language, and in 2000 92% understood it.

Languages in Fuldera
Languages Census 1980 Census 1990 Census 2000
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
German 5 5.00% 17 16.19% 27 23.48%
Romanish 95 95.00% 87 82.86% 86 74.78%
Italian 0 0.00% 1 0.95% 1 0.87%
Population 100 100% 105 100% 115 100%

References

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  1. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 23 September 2009
  2. ↑ a b Template:HDS
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Script error: No such module "webarchive". accessed 13-Oct-2009
  4. ↑ a b Graubunden Population Statistics Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
  5. ↑ Graubunden in Numbers Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009

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