Subject Name: | Lantsch/Lenz |
Municipality Type: | municipality |
Snow Image: | Lantsch.jpg |
Snow Imagecaption: | Lantsch/Lenz |
Imagepath Coa: | CHE Lantsch-Lenz COA.svg |
Imagepath Flag: | CHE Lantsch-Lenz Flag.svg |
Canton: | Graubünden |
Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
Coordinates: | 46.6833°N 43°W |
Postal Code: | 7083 |
Municipality Code: | 3513 |
Area: | 21.82 |
Elevation: | 1328 |
Website: | www.lantsch-lenz.ch |
Lantsch/Lenz (German: 'Lenz', Romansh: Lantsch) is a municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
The majority of its population is German-speaking, with a significant Romansh-speaking minority.
Lantsch/Lenz is first mentioned around 850 as Lanzes.
Lantsch/Lenz has an area,, of 21.8km2. Of this area, 27% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (34.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Until 2017, the municipality was located in the Belfort sub-district of the Albula district, after 2017 it was part of the Albula Region.[1] It is located at an elevation of 1294m (4,245feet) on a terrace above the right side of the Albula river. It consists of the linear village of Lantsch/Lenz. Until 1943 Lantsch/Lenz was known as Lenz.[2]
Lantsch/Lenz has a population (as of) of ., 12.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.5%. Most of the population speaks German (54.2%), with Romansh being second most common (36.7%) and Albanian being third (2.5%).[3]
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.6% male and 48.4% female.[4] The age distribution,, in Lantsch/Lenz is; 49 people or 10.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 32 people or 6.6% are 10 to 14, and 29 people or 6.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 36 people or 7.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 76 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 66 people or 13.6% are 40 to 49, and 61 people or 12.6% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 56 people or 11.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 61 people or 12.6% are 70 to 79, there are 16 people or 3.3% who are 80 to 89, and there are 3 people or 0.6% who are 90 to 99.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 38.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (33.2%), the SPS (16.2%) and the FDP (10.8%).[3]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lantsch/Lenz about 73.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3]
Lantsch/Lenz has an unemployment rate of 2.24%., there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 25 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 83 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[4]
year | population |
---|---|
1710 | 215 |
1850 | 353 |
1900 | 363 |
1950 | 355 |
1960 | 366 |
1970 | 373 |
1980 | 382 |
1990 | 453 |
2000 | 485 |
St. Mary's Church in Lantsch/Lenz is listed as a Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[6]