Subject Name: | Flond |
Municipality Type: | former |
Canton: | Graubünden |
Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
Coordinates: | 46.7667°N 18°W |
Postal Code: | 7137 |
Area: | 2.12 |
Elevation: | 1072 |
Population: | 201 |
Populationof: | December 2008 |
Popofyear: | 2008 |
Website: | www.obersaxenmundaun.swiss |
Mayor: | Peter Inauer |
Flond is a village in the municipality of Mundaun in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Flond merged with Surcuolm to form the municipality of Mundaun.[1]
Flond is first mentioned in 1519 as Flant or Flond.
Flond has an area,, of 2.1km2. Of this area, 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.7% is forested. The rest of the land, (7.7%) is settled.
The village is located in the Ilanz sub-district of the Surselva district. It is on the Obersaxen high plateau south of the Vorderrhein river.
Flond has a population of 201, of which 7.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 20.3%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 55.1% male and 44.9% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Flond is; 27 children or 15.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 14.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 7.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 34 people or 19.0% are between 30 and 39, 17 people or 9.5% are between 40 and 49, and 22 people or 12.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 17 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 10.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 5 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.7%), the CVP (21.2%) and the FDP (12.9%).[2]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flond about 76.2% 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]
Flond has an unemployment rate of 0.53%., there were 14 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 7 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 5 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
year | population |
---|---|
1850 | 196 |
1900 | 193 |
1940 | 179 |
1950 | 162 |
1990 | 144 |
2000 | 179 |
Most of the population speaks Romansh (50.8%), with German being second most common (46.9%) and Danish being third (1.7%).[2] In the 19th century, the municipality was still monolingual (1880: 96.4%). This preponderance of Romansch remained strong through the first half of the 20th century (1941: 90.5%), but it has slipped in the second half of the century.
Language | 1980 Census | 1990 Census | 2000 Census | ||||||||||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||||||||
align=right | 21 | align=right | 18.92% | align=right | 45 | align=right | 31.25% | align=right | 84 | align=right | 46.93% | ||
align=right | 88 | align=right | 79.28% | align=right | 78 | align=right | 54.17% | align=right | 91 | align=right | 50.84% | ||
align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | ||
Population | align=right | 111 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 144 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 179 | align=right | 100% |
In 1990, there were also 12 persons (8.33%) that listed Portuguese as their native language.