Alvaneu
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| Population | 394 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 11 /km2 (29 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 35.63 km2 (13.76 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,181 m (3,875 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 7492 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 3511 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Thomas Kollegger | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Arosa, Brienz/Brinzauls, Filisur, Lantsch/Lenz, Schmitten, Surava, Tiefencastel | |||||||||
| Website | www.alvaneu.ch SFSO statistics |
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Alvaneu (Romansh: Alvagni) is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
On 20 March 2007 Peter Martin Wettler, a media expert and resident of Zurich was appointed Prince of Belfort by the village's authorities.[3]
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[edit] History
Alvaneu is first mentioned in 1244 as Aluenude. In 1530 it was mentioned as Allweneü.[4]
[edit] Geography
Alvaneu has an area, as of 2006[update], of 35.7 km2 (13.8 sq mi). Of this area, 27% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (38.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[5]
The municipality is located in the Belfort sub-district of the Albula district. It is located on a terrace above the Albula river. It consists of the village of Alvaneu (Alvaneu-Dorf) and Alvaneu-Bad on the valley floor. The municipality also includes the settlement of Aclas d'Alvagni as well as the alpine settlements of Creusch and Ramoz.
[edit] Demographics
Alvaneu has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 394.[1] As of 2007[update], 7.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.2%.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (25.1%), the SPS (22.8%) and the FDP (7.9%).[5]
In Alvaneu about 69.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[5]
Alvaneu has an unemployment rate of 0.27%. As of 2005[update], there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 37 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 124 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 23 businesses in this sector.[5]
The historical population is given in the following table:[4][6]
| year | population |
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| 1838 | 362 |
| 1850 | 354 |
| 1880 | 314 |
| 1900 | 382 |
| 1930 | 441 |
| 1950 | 475 |
| 1960 | 396 |
| 1970 | 421 |
| 1980 | 379 |
| 1990 | 380 |
| 2000 | 407 |
[edit] Languages
The traditional language of the population until the middle of the 19th century was Romansh. However, in 1880, only 80.1 % of the inhabitants spoke Romansch as their native language. This erosion continued (1910: 68.06 %, 1941: 56.0 %, 1970: 47.03 %). 1960 was the last census that counted a Romansch-speaking majority.
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| Language | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German | 189 | 49.87 % | 230 | 60.53 % | 308 | 76.43 % |
| Romansh | 157 | 41.42 % | 109 | 28.68 % | 68 | 16.87 % |
| Italian | 30 | 7.92 % | 28 | 7.37 % | 14 | 3.47 % |
| Population | 379 | 100 % | 380 | 100 % | 403 | 100 % |
Although 31 % still speak some Romansch, German is now the only official language for municipality business.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (76.4%), with Rhaeto-Romance being second most common (16.9%) and Italian being third ( 3.5%).[5]
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 10 December 2011
- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ Leybold-Johnson, Isobel (March 20, 2007). "Mountain village converts to a princedom". Swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Mountain_village_converts_to_a_princedom.html?siteSect=105&sid=7637921&cKey=1174402887000. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ^ a b Alvaneu in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23-Sep-2009
- ^ Graubunden in Numbers (German) accessed 21 September 2009
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[edit] External links
- Gemeinde Alvaneu -- official site of the municipality (German)
- Bad Alvaneu -- thermal baths (German)
- Alvaneu in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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