| Subject Name: | Lohn |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.65°N 34°W |
| Postal Code: | 7433 |
| Municipality Code: | 3707 |
| Area: | 43.95 |
| Elevation: | 1585 |
| Population: | 52 |
| Populationof: | December 2019 |
| Popofyear: | 2019 |
| Website: | www.lohn-gr.ch |
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.[1]
Lohn is first mentioned in mid-12th Century as Laune and Lune. In 1219 it was mentioned as de Laone.
Lohn had an area,, of 8.1km2. 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).
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.[2] It is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located at an elevation of 1582m (5,190feet) on the upper Schamserberg.
Lohn had a population (as of 2019) of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.7%.[3]
, the gender distribution of the population was 44.0% male and 56.0% female.[4] The age distribution,, 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.[5]
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%).[3]
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).[3]
Lohn has an unemployment rate of 0%., there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following graph:
Most of the population speaks Rhaeto-Romance (52.0%) and the rest speak German (48.0%).[3]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 18 | align=right | 37.50% | align=right | 24 | align=right | 48.00% | ||
| Romanish | align=right | 36 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 30 | align=right | 62.50% | align=right | 26 | align=right | 52.00% | |
| Population | align=right | 36 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 48 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 50 | align=right | 100% | |