Mulegns

Mulegns

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Mulegns
Coordinates: 46°31′N 9°37′E / 46.517°N 9.617°E / 46.517; 9.617Coordinates: 46°31′N 9°37′E / 46.517°N 9.617°E / 46.517; 9.617
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
District Albula
Area[1]
 • Total 33.79 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Elevation 1,481 m (4,859 ft)
Population (Dec 2014[2])
 • Total 25
 • Density 0.74/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
Postal code 7455
SFOS number 3534
Surrounded by Avers, Bivio, Ferrera, Marmorera, Riom-Parsonz, Savognin, Sur, Tinizong-Rona
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Mulegns is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

History

Around 600-500 BC, a copper mine and smelter were built in the Val Faller (Faller valley) near modern Mulegns. The village was founded by a Walser group during the 15th Century. It was first mentioned in 1521.[3]

Geography

Piz Platta, near Mulegns

Mulegns has an area, as of 2006, of 33.8 km2 (13.1 sq mi). Of this area, 30.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (59.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4]

The municipality is located in the Surses sub-district of the Albula district. It is along the road to the Julier Pass (the Julienstrasse) at the entrance to a side valley of the Val Faller. Until 1943 Mulegns was known as Mühlen.[5]

Demographics

Mulegns has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 25.[2] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -23.5%.[4]

As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.[6] The age distribution, as of 2000, in Mulegns is; 3 people or 9.1% of the population are between 0 to 9 years old. 1 person or 3.0% is 10 to 14, and 2 people or 6.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, no one is between 20 to 29 years old. 6 people or 18.2% are 30 to 39, 1 person or 3.0% is 40 to 49, and 5 people or 15.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 24.2% of the population are between 60 to 69 years old, 6 people or 18.2% are 70 to 79, there is 1 person or 3.0% who is 80 to 89.[7]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 63.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SVP (20%) and the FDP (8.3%).[4]

In Mulegns about 62.5% 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]

Mulegns has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. As of 2005, there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 1 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 businesses in this sector.[4]

The historical population is given in the following table:[3][6]

year population
1850 120
1900 146
1950 109
1960 57
1970 66
1980 50
1990 37
2000 106

Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (57.6%), with the rest speaking German(42.4%).[4]

Languages in Mulegns
Languages Census 1980 Census 1990 Census 2000
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
German 4 8.00% 10 27.03% 14 42.42%
Romanish 46 92.00% 27 72.97% 19 57.58%
Italian 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Population 50 100% 37 100% 33 100%

References

  1. ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  2. 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  3. 1 2 Mulegns in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 30-Sep-2009
  5. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 23 September 2009
  6. 1 2 Graubunden in Numbers (German) accessed 21 September 2009
  7. ↑ Graubunden Population Statistics (German) accessed 21 September 2009
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