Tschiertschen
Template:Infobox Swiss town Tschiertschen is a village in the municipality of Tschiertschen-Praden in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
The formerly independent municipality merged with Praden to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.[1]
History
Tschiertschen is first mentioned around the end of the 8th Century as in Cercene.[2]
Geography
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Tschiertschen 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, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3]
The village is located in the Churwalden sub-district of the Plessur district on the mountain slopes above the left side of the Schanfigger valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Tschiertschen at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. It merged with Praden to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.
Demographics
Tschiertschen has a population (since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of 208, of which 13.5% are foreign nationals.[4] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -12.8%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (96.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%).[3]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.[5] The age distribution, since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., in Tschiertschen is; 12 children or 5.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 25 teenagers or 11.1% are 10 to 14, and 12 teenagers or 5.3% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 22 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 26 people or 11.6% are 30 to 39, 40 people or 17.8% are 40 to 49, and 37 people or 16.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 22 people or 9.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 20 people or 8.9% are 70 to 79, there are 9 people or 4.0% who are 80 to 89.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 59.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (20%), the FDP (10.2%) and the CVP (8.6%).[3]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Tschiertschen about 76.3% 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]
Tschiertschen has an unemployment rate of 1.79%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 14 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 47 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[2]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 130 |
| 1850 | 124 |
| 1870 | 160 |
| 1900 | 139 |
| 1950 | 174 |
| 2000 | 225 |
Wood Sawmill Sagi Tschiertschen
Sawmill Sagi Tschiertschen is powered by the waters of the Sagabachs. The sawmill was built in 1920 and renovated in 1989.
Demonstrations May–September.
Photo gallery sawmill Sagi Tschiertschen
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Wood sawing machine.
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Wood sawing machine. Detail.
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Wood sawing machine. Detail.
Weather
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References
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- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 23 September 2009
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- ↑ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 27-Oct-2009
- ↑ a b Graubunden Population Statistics Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
- ↑ Graubunden in Numbers Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009
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