Lohn, Graubünden

Lohn (Romansh: Lon) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of Muntogna da Schons.[3]

For other places with the same name, see Lohn (disambiguation).
Lohn
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Location of Lohn
Lohn
Lohn
Coordinates: 46°39′N 9°25′E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonGraubünden
DistrictViamala
Area
 • Total8.17 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation
1,585 m (5,200 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[2]
 • Total46
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
7433
SFOS number3707
Surrounded byDonat, Mathon, Rongellen, Thusis, Tschappina, Urmein, Zillis-Reischen
Websitewww.lohn-gr.ch
SFSO statistics

History

Lohn is first mentioned in mid-12th Century as Laune and Lune. In 1219 it was mentioned as de Laone.[4]

Geography

Lohn had an area, as of 2006, of 8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi). Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[5]

Before 2017, the former municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.[6] It is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located at an elevation of 1,582 m (5,190 ft) on the upper Schamserberg.

Demographics

Lohn had a population (as of 2019) of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.7%.[5]

As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 44.0% male and 56.0% female.[7] The age distribution, as of 2000, in Lohn is; 5 people or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 9 people or 18.0% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 1 person or 2.0% of the population is between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 10.0% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 18.0% are 40 to 49, and 1 person or 2.0% is 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 20.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 20.0% are 70 to 79.[8]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.9%), the SPS (21.8%) and the CVP (4.2%).[5]

In Lohn about 82.4% 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]

Lohn has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005, there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector.[5]

The historical population is given in the following graph:[4]

Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (52.0%) and the rest speak German (48.0%).[5]

Languages in Lohn
LanguagesCensus 1980Census 1990Census 2000
NumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
German00.00%1837.50%2448.00%
Romanish36100%3062.50%2652.00%
Population36100%48100%50100%

References
  1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. Lohn in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  5. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 7 October 2009
  6. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  7. Graubunden in Numbers Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009
  8. Graubunden Population Statistics Archived 2009-08-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.