Sufers
Sufers (Romansh: Sur) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Sufers is first mentioned in 831 as Subere.[1]
Geography
Sufers has an area, since 2006[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2]
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.[3] It is a Haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square).
A dam on the Hinterrhein river was built in 1962 and forms the reservoir Sufnersee.
Demographics
Sufers has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%.[2]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female.[4] The age distribution, since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Sufers is; 14 people or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 11 people or 9.6% are 10 to 14, and 4 people or 3.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 11 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 18 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 10 people or 8.7% are 40 to 49, and 17 people or 14.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 8.7% are 70 to 79, there are 8 people or 7.0% who are 80 to 89.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (19.3%) and the CVP (2.1%).[2]
In Sufers about 77.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[2]
Sufers has an unemployment rate of 0.29%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 27 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1690 | 186 |
| 1807 | 224 |
| 1850 | 184 |
| 1900 | 104 |
| 1950 | 124 |
| 2000 | 115 |
| 2010 | 126 |
Languages
Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (91.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Romansh being third ( 3.5%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 105 | 92.11% | 104 | 93.69% | 105 | 91.30% |
| Romansh | 3 | 2.63% | 1 | 0.90% | 4 | 3.48% |
| Population | 114 | 100% | 111 | 100% | 115 | 100% |
References
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- ↑ a b Template:HDS
- ↑ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 06-Oct-2009
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- ↑ Graubunden in Numbers Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
- ↑ Graubunden Population Statistics Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
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External links
- Official Web site (in German)
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