Landquart, Switzerland Explained

Subject Name:Landquart
Municipality Type:municipality
Canton:Graubünden
Iso-Code-Region:CH-GR
Coordinates:46.9667°N 41°W
Postal Code:7303, 7206
Municipality Code:3955
Area:7.98
Elevation:550
Website:www.landquart.ch
Mayor:Ernst Nigg
Mayor Asof:March 2014
Mayor Title:Gemeindepräsident
Executive Name:Gemeindevorstand
Executive Number Of Members:7
Places:Igis, Mastrils, Landquart

Landquart is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It was formed when the municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Landquart.[1] The municipality "Landquart" draws its name from a locality in the former municipality of Igis.

History

Igis is first mentioned about 840 as Ovinae/Aviuns. In 1149 it was mentioned as Auuine, in 1225 as Huiuns and in 1253 as Yges. Mastrils is first mentioned in 1318 as Ponstrils. In 1345 it was mentioned as Bastrils.

Geography

Landquart has an area, (based on the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 4.8% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of 183ha or about 9.7% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 54ha over the 1985 amount. Of the agricultural land, 28ha is used for orchards and vineyards, 602ha is fields and grasslands and 74ha consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 74ha. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 13ha. Rivers and lakes cover 55ha in the municipality.[2] [3]

Demographics

Landquart has a population of ., 20.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 5 years (2010-2015) the population has changed at a rate of 6.47%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2015, was 9.7, while the death rate was 7.1 per thousand residents.[3]

, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 63.9% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.6%.[3] In 2015 there were 3,566 single residents, 4,134 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 415 widows or widowers and 707 divorced residents.[4]

In 2015 there were 3,812 private households in Landquart with an average household size of 2.29 persons. In 2015 about 60.2% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is greater than the percentage in the canton (49.4%) and about the same as the percentage nationally (57.4%).[5] In 2014 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 14.73. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0.6%.[3]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[6] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)ImageSize = width:1100 height:500PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160AlignBars = justifyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:7800TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:400 start:0Colors= id:IG value:yellowgreen legend:Igis id:MA value:green legend:MastrilsPlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:637 text:"637" color:IG bar:1860 from: 0 till:579 text:"579" color:IG bar:1870 from: 0 till:723 text:"723" color:IG bar:1880 from: 0 till:989 text:"989" color:IG bar:1890 from: 0 till:1057 text:"1,057" color:IG bar:1900 from: 0 till:1201 text:"1,201" color:IG bar:1910 from: 0 till:1792 text:"1,792" color:IG bar:1920 from: 0 till:2159 text:"2,159" color:IG bar:1930 from: 0 till:2197 text:"2,197" color:IG bar:1940 from: 0 till:2424 text:"2,424" color:IG bar:1950 from: 0 till:2794 text:"2,794" color:IG bar:1960 from: 0 till:3902 text:"3,902" color:IG bar:1970 from: 0 till:5283 text:"5,283" color:IG bar:1980 from: 0 till:5392 text:"5,392" color:IG bar:1990 from: 0 till:6583 text:"6,583" color:IG bar:2000 from: 0 till:7228 text:"7,228" color:IG bar:1850 from: 637 till:1097 text:"460" color:MA bar:1860 from: 579 till:1010 text:"431" color:MA bar:1870 from: 723 till:1107 text:"384" color:MA bar:1880 from: 989 till:1374 text:"385" color:MA bar:1890 from: 1057 till:1436 text:"379" color:MA bar:1900 from: 1201 till:1523 text:"322" color:MA bar:1910 from: 1792 till:2221 text:"429" color:MA bar:1920 from: 2159 till:2551 text:"392" color:MA bar:1930 from: 2197 till:2628 text:"431" color:MA bar:1940 from: 2424 till:2837 text:"413" color:MA bar:1950 from: 2794 till:3227 text:"433" color:MA bar:1960 from: 3902 till:4289 text:"387" color:MA bar:1970 from: 5283 till:5747 text:"464" color:MA bar:1980 from: 5392 till:5842 text:"450" color:MA bar:1990 from: 6583 till:7168 text:"585" color:MA bar:2000 from: 7228 till:7757 text:"529" color:MA

Sightseeing and culture

Heritage sites of national significance

Marschlins Castle and the surrounding grounds are listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[7] The castle is the family castle of the noble family of Salis-Marschlins.

Castles

In addition to the Marschlins Castle, Landquart is also home to the ruins of Falkenstein Castle.

Churches

Adventist Church Landquart | Schulstrasse 76 | 7302 Landquart (next to Forum im Ried)-[10]

Hiking trails

The Prättigauer Höhenweg begins at the Landquart railway station and ends at Klosters.[11]

Economy

Landquart is classed as a regional business center and is the center of the Landquart region.[12]

, there were a total of 5,917 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 151 people worked in 38 businesses in the primary economic sector. There was one mid sized primary sector business with a total of 61 employees. The secondary sector employed 2,019 workers in 109 separate businesses. In 2014 a total of 761 employees worked in 103 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 4 mid sized businesses with 476 employees and 2 large businesses which employed 782 people. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 3,747 jobs in 495 businesses. There were 53 small businesses with a total of 1,291 employees and 9 mid sized businesses with a total of 1,080 employees.[13] In 2015 a total of 14.7% of the population received social assistance.[3]

In 2011 the unemployment rate in the municipality was 2.3%.[14]

In 2015 there was one movie theater in the municipality with 98 seats.[15]

In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making was 3.7% while the rate for a single person making was 15.8%, both of which are close to the average for the canton and the national average. In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was and the per person average was, which is less than the cantonal average of and respectively It is also less than the national per tax payer average of and the per person average of .[16]

Politics

In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 34.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (21.4%), the BDP (14.9%) and the CVP (11.4%). In the federal election, a total of 2,429 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.4%.[17]

Transportation

The municipality has three railway stations:,, and . All three are located on the Landquart–Thusis line of the Rhaetian Railway with regular service to,,, and . In addition, Swiss Federal Railways serves Landquart with connections to and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
  2. Web site: Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen . 24 November 2016 . www.landuse-stat.admin.ch . Swiss Federal Statistical Office . 27 December 2016.
  3. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.2422865.html Regionalporträts 2017: Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  4. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort
  5. https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/12396_11973_175_169/20440.html Statistical Atlas of Switzerland - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2015
  6. http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=trueSwiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000
  7. http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
  8. http://www.igis-landquart-ref.ch/virtual/dHBsPWNudCxjYWxsPTcsY250PTc.html History of the Igis Church
  9. http://www.igis-landquart-ref.ch/virtual/dHBsPWNudCxjYWxsPTgsY250PTQ0OQ.html History of the Landquart Church
  10. Web site: Adventgemeinde Landquart – Adventgemeinde Landquart . 2024-05-10 . landquart.adventisten.ch.
  11. http://en.graubuenden.ch/hiking-switzerland/trekking/72-praettigauer-hoehenweg-landquart-klosters.html Hiking Switzerland Landquart-Klosters, Graubünden
  12. Web site: Die Raumgliederungen der Schweiz 2016 . Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Neuchâtel, Switzerland . de, fr, it, en . 17 February 2016 . 14 December 2016.
  13. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.331681.html Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse
  14. Web site: Arbeitslosenquote 2011 . Statistical Atlas of Switzerland . Swiss Federal Statistical Office . 4 May 2017.
  15. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/01/data.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Kinoinfrastruktur nach Gemeinde und Kinotyp
  16. Web site: 18 - Öffentliche Finanzen > Steuern . Swiss Atlas. Swiss Federal Statistical Office . 26 April 2017.
  17. Web site: Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. German. National council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality. 18 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802003536/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html. 2 August 2016. dmy-all.

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