Malans, Switzerland Explained

Subject Name:Malans
Municipality Type:municipality
Canton:Graubünden
Iso-Code-Region:CH-GR
Coordinates:46.9667°N 43°W
Postal Code:7208
Municipality Code:3954
Area:11.40
Elevation:568
Website:www.malans.ch
Mayor:Guido Anesini

Malans is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

History

Malans is first mentioned about 840 as in villa Mellanze. In 956 it was mentioned as Malanz.

Heritage sites of national significance

The Rohan-Schanze archeological site and Bothmar Castle with its surrounding buildings and park are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[1]

Geography

Malans has an area,, of 11.4km2. Of this area, 39.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is the capital of the Maienfeld sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It lies along the old Rhine valley road and the road over the Fadärastein pass into the Prättigau valley.

Demographics

Malans has a population (as of) of . The historical population is as follows:

yearpopulation
20001,908
19501,345
1900873
1880838
1850912

, 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.

Age groupPopulation% of total
Children (0-9yrs)28114.7%
Pre-teen (10-14yrs)1276.7%
Teenagers (15-19yrs)1065.6%
Adults (20-29yrs)1879.8%
Adults (30-39yrs)39120.5%
Adults (40-49yrs)24813.0%
Adults (50-59yrs)22912.0%
Seniors (60-69yrs)1467.7%
Seniors (70-79yrs)1407.3%
Seniors (80-89yrs)422.2%
Seniors (90-99yrs)110.6%

Religion

From the, 528 or 27.7% are Roman Catholic, while 1,137 or 59.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 20 individuals (or about 1.05% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 18 individuals (or about 0.94% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 16 (or about 0.84% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 8 individuals (or about 0.42% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 131 (or about 6.87% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 50 individuals (or about 2.62% of the population) did not answer the question.[4]

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Malans about 83.8% 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]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (31.2%), the FDP (24.9%) and the CVP (7.5%).[2]

Economy

, Malans has an unemployment rate of 0.89%. Employment and businesses were organized as follows:[2]

SectorPeople Employed Businesses Involved
Primary (raw materials)16641
Secondary (manufacturing)14026
Tertiary (service)28668

Transportation

The municipality has a railway station,, on the Landquart–Davos Platz line. It has regular service to,,, and .

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
  2. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  3. http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers
  4. http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics