Zizers

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Template:Infobox Swiss town Zizers (Template:Langx) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

History

Zizers is first mentioned in 824 as Zizuris.[1] Of note, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria-Hungary, died in Lower Castle Zizers where she had long resided.

Geography

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Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Zizers has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of Template:Swiss area.Template:Swiss area data Of this area, about 39.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 8.4% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of Script error: No such module "convert". or about 6.9% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of Script error: No such module "convert". over the 1985 amount. Of the agricultural land, Script error: No such module "convert". is used for orchards and vineyards and Script error: No such module "convert". is fields and grasslands. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by Script error: No such module "convert".. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by Script error: No such module "convert".. Rivers and lakes cover Script error: No such module "convert". in the municipality.[2][3]

Before 2017, the municipality was the capital of the sub-district of Fünf Dörfer in the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It is located on the most important road through the Rhine river valley.

Until 1854 Mastrils was part of Zizers. In 1913 the enclaves of Oberzollbruck (population in 1910, 30), Russhof (population 91) and Untere Mühle (population 8) became part of Igis.

Demographics

Zizers has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations YM[[Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from Expression error: Unexpected < operator]]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref As of 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 14.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 5 years (2010-2015) the population has changed at a rate of 5.36%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2015, was 10.5, while the death rate was 6.9 per thousand residents.[3]

As of 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.7% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.6%.[3] In 2015 there were 1,427 single residents, 1,525 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 170 widows or widowers and 239 divorced residents.[4]

In 2015 there were 1,427 private households in Zizers with an average household size of 2.32 persons. In 2015 about 59.5% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is greater than the percentage in the canton (49.4%) and about the same as the percentage nationally (57.4%).[5] Of the 680 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 60.6% were single family homes and 21.8% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 15.4% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 16.9% were built between 1991 and 2000.[6] In 2014 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 15.96. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was 0.38%.[3]

Most of the population (as of 2000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (88.7%), with Italian being second most common (3.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.0%).[7]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[8] <timeline> Colors= 

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 bar:1860 from:start till:1053 text:"1,053"
 bar:1870 from:start till:1068 text:"1,068"
 bar:1880 from:start till:1082 text:"1,082"
 bar:1888 from:start till:1140 text:"1,140"
 bar:1900 from:start till:1107 text:"1,107"
 bar:1910 from:start till:1173 text:"1,173"
 bar:1920 from:start till:1081 text:"1,081"
 bar:1930 from:start till:1206 text:"1,206"
 bar:1941 from:start till:1304 text:"1,304"
 bar:1950 from:start till:1281 text:"1,281"
 bar:1960 from:start till:1290 text:"1,290"
 bar:1970 from:start till:1913 text:"1,913"
 bar:1980 from:start till:2425 text:"2,425"
 bar:1990 from:start till:2889 text:"2,889"
 bar:2000 from:start till:2983 text:"2,983"
 bar:2010 from:start till:3194 text:"3,194"
 bar:2015 from:start till:3361 text:"3,361"

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Heritage sites of national significance

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The St. Johannesstift or Lower Castle Zizers

Both the Upper Castle Zizers with gardens and the Lower Castle Zizers (known as Johannesstift) with its gardens are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[9]

Politics

In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 34.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the BDP (18.6%), the SP (16.4%) and the CVP (12.2%). In the federal election, a total of 969 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.0%.[10]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (20%), the CVP (18.6%) and the FDP (18.5%).[7]

Education

In Zizers 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).[7]

Economy

Zizers is a periurbane community. The municipality is part of the regional center of Landquart.[11]

As of  2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were a total of 997 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 71 people worked in 23 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 280 workers in 41 separate businesses. A minority (45.0%) of the secondary sector employees worked in very small businesses (less than 10 employees). There were 4 small businesses (11-50 employees) with a total of 92 employees and one mid sized business with a total of 62 employees. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 646 jobs in 146 businesses. There were 8 small businesses with a total of 258 employees.[12]

In 2015 a total of 16.% of the population received social assistance.[3] In 2011 the unemployment rate in the municipality was 1.8%.[13]

In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making Template:CHF was 3.5% while the rate for a single person making Template:CHF was 15%, both of which are close to the average for the canton and nationally. In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was Template:CHF and the per person average was Template:CHF, which is greater than the cantonal averages of Template:CHF but about the same as the per person amount of Template:CHF. In contrast, the national tax payer average is Template:CHF, while the per person average is Template:CHF.[14]

Transportation

The municipality has a railway station, Zizers, on the Landquart–Thusis line. It has regular service to Disentis/Mustér, Scuol-Tarasp, Rhäzüns, and Schiers.

Religion

From the 2000 censusScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 1,286 or 43.1% are Roman Catholic, while 1,303 or 43.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 12 individuals (or about 0.40% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 66 individuals (or about 2.21% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 112 (or about 3.75% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 13 individuals (or about 0.44% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 131 (or about 4.39% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 65 individuals (or about 2.18% of the population) did not answer the question.[15]

References

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  3. ↑ a b c d e Regionalporträts 2017: Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 18 May 2017
  4. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort Template:In lang accessed 8 September 2016
  5. ↑ Statistical Atlas of Switzerland - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2015 accessed 18 May 2017
  6. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen Template:In lang accessed 5 May 2016
  7. ↑ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 15 October 2009
  8. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 Template:In lang accessed 27 April 2016
  9. ↑ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Script error: No such module "webarchive". 21.11.2008 version, Template:In lang accessed 15-Oct-2009
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  12. ↑ Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse accessed 31 October 2016
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  15. ↑ Graubunden Population Statistics Script error: No such module "webarchive". Template:In lang accessed 21 September 2009

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External links

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