Subject Name: | Almens |
Municipality Type: | former |
Canton: | Graubünden |
Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
Coordinates: | 46.7333°N 36°W |
Postal Code: | 7416 |
Municipality Code: | 3631 |
Area: | 8.34 |
Elevation: | 787 |
Population: | 228 |
Populationof: | Dec 2013 |
Website: | www.domleschg.ch |
Mayor: | Andreas Wespi |
Almens (Romansh: Almen) is a former municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.[1]
Almens is first mentioned in the first half of the 9th Century as de Lemenne.
Before the merger, Almens had a total area of 8.4km2. Of this area, 33.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Domleschg sub-district of the Hinterrhein district. It is located on a high terrace above the right bank of the Hinterrhein. It consists of the village of Almens and the hamlet of Mulegns.
Almens had a population (as of 2013) of 228.[2], 1.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.2%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Almens is; 25 people or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 10 people or 4.6% are 10 to 14, and 15 people or 6.9% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 18 people or 8.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 34 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 42 people or 19.4% are 40 to 49, and 31 people or 14.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 4.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 18 people or 8.3% are 70 to 79, there are 12 people or 5.5% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 0.9% who are 90 to 99.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 38.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.5%), the FDP (23%) and the CVP (9.5%).[2]
In Almens, about 76.1% 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]
Almens has an unemployment rate of 0.33%., there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 11 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
year | population |
---|---|
1803 | 201 |
1850 | 226 |
1900 | 217 |
1950 | 252 |
1960 | 195 |
1970 | 133 |
1980 | 179 |
1990 | 200 |
2000 | 217 |
2010 | 215 |
Almens used to belong to the Romansh-speaking part of Graubünden, but today it is practically completely German-speaking., 95.9% of the population speaks German, with Romansh being second most common (2.8%) and Italian being third (0.5%).[5]
Language | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | ||||||||||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||||||||
German | align=right | 158 | align=right | 88.27% | align=right | 185 | align=right | 92.50% | align=right | 208 | align=right | 95.85% | |
align=right | 18 | align=right | 10.06% | align=right | 10 | align=right | 5.00% | align=right | 6 | align=right | 2.76% | ||
align=right | 3 | align=right | 1.68% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 0.46% | ||
Population | align=right | 179 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 200 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 217 | align=right | 100% |