| Subject Name: | Calfreisen |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.8333°N 44°W |
| Postal Code: | 7027 |
| Municipality Code: | 3922 |
| Area: | 5.17 |
| Elevation: | 1249 |
| Population: | 54 |
| Populationof: | 2010 |
| Website: | www.calfreisen.ch |
Calfreisen (Romansh: {{Audio|Roh-Chiaunreis.ogg|Chiaunreis) is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.[1]
Calfreisen is first mentioned in 1156 as Caureisene.
Before the merger, Calfreisen had a total area of 5.2km2. Of this area, 49.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (18.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district. It is on the north slope of the Schanfigg mountain.
Calfreisen had a population (as of 2010) of 54.[2], 20.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.5%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 55.6% male and 44.4% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Calfreisen is; 7 children or 15.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 4 teenagers or 8.9% are 10 to 14, and 1 teenager is 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 2 people or 4.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 13.3% are 30 to 39, 8 people or 17.8% are 40 to 49, and 6 people or 13.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 1 person is between 60 and 69 years old, 3 people or 6.7% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 15.6% who are 80 to 89.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 63.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (28.3%), the CVP (5%) and the FDP (3.3%).[2]
In Calfreisen about 77.3% 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]
Calfreisen has an unemployment rate of 0.4%., there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 1 person is employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1808 | 57 |
| 1850 | 98 |
| 1900 | 58 |
| 1950 | 60 |
| 1980 | 34 |
| 2000 | 45 |
Most of the population speaks German (93.3%), with the rest speaking Romansh (6.7%).[2]
The historical language use is given in the following table:
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 32 | align=right | 94.12% | align=right | 53 | align=right | 98.15% | align=right | 42 | align=right | 93.33% | ||
| align=right | 2 | align=right | 5.88% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 3 | align=right | 6.67% | ||
| Population | align=right | 34 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 54 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 45 | align=right | 100% | |