| Subject Name: | Flerden |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Imagepath Flag: | CHE Flerden Flag.svg |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.7°N 33°W |
| Postal Code: | 7426 |
| Municipality Code: | 3662 |
| Area: | 6.09 |
| Elevation: | 1231 |
| Website: | www.flerden.ch |
| Mayor: | Kasper Marugg |
Flerden (Romansh: Flearda) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Flerden is first mentioned in 1156 as Flirden.
Flerden has an area,, of 6.1km2. Of this area, 54.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (11.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.[1] It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Flerden on the inner Heinzenberg at an elevation of 1234m (4,049feet).
Flerden has a population (as of) of ., 2.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 15.3%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Flerden is; 14 people or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 22 people or 13.8% are 10 to 14, and 13 people or 8.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 5.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 17 people or 10.6% are 30 to 39, 30 people or 18.8% are 40 to 49, and 21 people or 13.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 7.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 10.0% are 70 to 79, there are 6 people or 3.8% who are 80 to 89.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.4%), the SPS (14%) and the CVP (12.7%).[2]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flerden about 81% 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]
Flerden has an unemployment rate of 0.32%., there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 15 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1808 | 148 |
| 1850 | 122 |
| 1900 | 109 |
| 1950 | 150 |
| 1960 | 132 |
| 1970 | 105 |
| 1980 | 128 |
| 1990 | 158 |
| 2000 | 160 |
Most of the population speaks German (95.6%), with Romansh being second most common (3.8%) and Italian being third (0.6%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 123 | align=right | 96.09% | align=right | 157 | align=right | 99.37% | align=right | 153 | align=right | 96.0% | ||
| align=right | 4 | align=right | 3.12% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 0.63% | align=right | 6 | align=right | 4.0% | ||
| Population | align=right | 128 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 158 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 160 | align=right | 100% | |