| Subject Name: | Mathon |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.6362°N 33.85°W |
| Postal Code: | 7433 |
| Municipality Code: | 3708 |
| Area: | 15.13 |
| Elevation: | 865 |
| Population: | 53 |
| Populationof: | December 2019 |
| Popofyear: | 2019 |
| Website: | www.mathon.ch |
Mathon (Romansh: Maton) 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]
Mathon is first mentioned about 840 as in Mentaune.
Mathon had an area,, of 15.1km2. Of this area, 66.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (22.3%) 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] The village is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) at an elevation of 1521m (4,990feet) in the center of the upper Schamserberg region.
Mathon had a population (as of 2019) of 53. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of 14.1%.[3]
, the gender distribution of the population was 56.4% male and 43.6% female.[4] The age distribution,, in Mathon is; 12 people or 23.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 people or 11.5% are 10 to 14, and 1 person or 1.9% is 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 3 people or 5.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 8 people or 15.4% are 30 to 39, 6 people or 11.5% are 40 to 49, and 2 people or 3.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 11.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 11.5% are 70 to 79, there is 1 person or 1.9% who is 80 to 89, and 1 person who is 90 to 99.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 66.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.2%), the FDP (12.3%) and the CVP (1.5%).[3]
In Mathon about 78.3% 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]
Mathon has an unemployment rate of 0.83%., there were 17 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 8 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1780 | 123 |
| 1850 | 111 |
| 1900 | 74 |
| 1950 | 65 |
| 2000 | 52 |
Most of the population speaks Romansh (53.8%), with the rest speaking German (46.2%).[3] The municipality is about evenly divided between German-speaking and Romansh-speaking population. Although 87% of the population understands Romansch, German is now the sole official language.