| Subject Name: | Präz |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.7333°N 33°W |
| Postal Code: | 7424 |
| Area: | 11.35 |
| Elevation: | 1200 |
| Population: | 161 |
| Populationof: | December 2007 |
| Popofyear: | 2007 |
| Website: | www.praez.ch |
| Twintowns: | Neerach (Switzerland) |
Präz (Romansh: Preaz) was a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into the municipality of Cazis.[1]
Präz is first mentioned in 1290-98 as Pare(t)z.
Präz has an area,, of 11.3km2. Of this area, 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 47.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district and is located on the Heinzenberg mountains. It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Präz and the hamlets of Dalin and Raschlinas as well as scattered farm houses. The municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into Cazis.
Präz has a population of 161, of which 5.0% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -20.3%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Präz is; 29 people or 16.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 13 people or 7.3% are 10 to 14, and 9 people or 5.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 17 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 33 people or 18.5% are 30 to 39, 21 people or 11.8% are 40 to 49, and 22 people or 12.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 15 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 6.7% are 70 to 79, there are 5 people or 2.8% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 1.1% who are 90 to 99.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (24.6%), the FDP (17.3%) and the CVP (9.7%).[2]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Präz about 70.5% 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]
Präz has an unemployment rate of 0.82%., there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business 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:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 286 |
| 1850 | 303 |
| 1900 | 201 |
| 1950 | 231 |
| 1980 | 148 |
| 2000 | 178 |
Most of the population speaks German (95.5%), with Romansh being second most common (2.8%) and Italian being third (0.6%).[2] The Romansh population speaks the Sutsilvan dialect.
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 105 | align=right | 69.08% | align=right | 132 | align=right | 91.03% | align=right | 170 | align=right | 95.51% | ||
| align=right | 46 | align=right | 30.26% | align=right | 10 | align=right | 6.90% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 2.81% | ||
| Population | align=right | 152 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 145 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 178 | align=right | 100% | |