Lavin
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| Population | 233 (Dec 2012)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 5 /km2 (13 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 46.25 km2 (17.86 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,412 m (4,633 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 7543 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 3743 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Ardez, Gaschurn (AT-8), Guarda, Klosters-Serneus, Susch, Zernez | |||||||||
| Website | www.lavin.ch SFSO statistics | |||||||||
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Lavin is a municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Lavin is first mentioned in the 12th century as Lawinis.[3]
Geography
Lavin has an area, as of 2006, of 46.2 km2 (17.8 sq mi). Of this area, 19.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4]
The municipality is located in the Sur Tasna sub-district of the Inn district on the left bank of the Inn river. It is the capital of the sub-district. It consists of the linear village of Lavin.
Demographics
Lavin has a population (as of 31 December 2012) of 233.[1] As of 2008, 8.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[5] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.2%.[4]
As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 46.9% male and 53.1% female.[6] The age distribution, as of 2000, in Lavin is; 18 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 to 9 years old. 14 teenagers or 8.0% are 10 to 14, and 12 teenagers or 6.9% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 15 people or 8.6% of the population are between 20 to 29 years old. 20 people or 11.5% are 30 to 39, 25 people or 14.4% are 40 to 49, and 22 people or 12.6% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 8.0% of the population are between 60 to 69 years old, 25 people or 14.4% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 4.0% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 1.1% who are 90 to 99.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 46.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.1%), the FDP (15.5%) and the CVP (6.1%).[4]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lavin about 87.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[4]
Lavin has an unemployment rate of 0.71%. As of 2005, there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 50 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.[4]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1835 | 359 |
| 1850 | 367 |
| 1900 | 249 |
| 1950 | 242 |
| 1970 | 155 |
| 1990 | 184 |
| 2000 | 174 |
Languages
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (75.9%), with German being second most common (23.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%).[4] By the 19th Century there was a German-speaking minority in Lavin. However the majority speak the Vallader Romansh dialect. Between 1880 and 1941 the Romansh speaking percentage remained the same (83%). In the last decades the Romansh speaking percentage has decreased. In 1990 91% of the population understood Romansh, though some spoke it as a second language, and in 2000 it was 86%.
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| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 33 | 18.13% | 38 | 20.65% | 40 | 22.99% |
| Romanish | 147 | 80.77% | 145 | 78.80% | 132 | 75.86% |
| Population | 182 | 100% | 184 | 100% | 174 | 100% |
Heritage sites of national significance
The abandoned village of Gonda is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[7] Gonda was first mentioned about 1160 and by the 17th Century was abandoned. In 1983 it was restored.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 16 September 2013
- ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lavin in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 12-Oct-2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Graubunden Population Statistics (German) accessed 21 September 2009
- ↑ Graubunden in Numbers (German) accessed 21 September 2009
- ↑ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 21.11.2008 version, (German) accessed 12-Oct-2009
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- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
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