| Subject Name: | Sarn |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.7167°N 33°W |
| Postal Code: | 7423 |
| Area: | 7.6 |
| Elevation: | 625 |
| Population: | 142 |
| Populationof: | December 2007 |
| Popofyear: | 2007 |
| Website: | www.sarn.ch |
Sarn 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]
Sarn is first mentioned in 1156 as Sarn.
Sarn has an area,, of 7.6km2. Of this area, 78.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Sarn on the Heinzenberg mountains. The municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into the municipality of Cazis.
Sarn has a population of 142, of which 8.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -15.5%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Sarn is; 27 people or 17.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 people or 8.8% are 10 to 14, and 9 people or 5.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 25 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 26 people or 16.4% are 40 to 49, and 16 people or 10.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 18 people or 11.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 14 people or 8.8% are 70 to 79, there are 2 people or 1.3% who are 80 to 89.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.1%), the FDP (18.1%) and the CVP (11.7%).[2]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Sarn about 71% 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]
Sarn has an unemployment rate of 0%., there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 7 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 259 |
| 1900 | 150 |
| 1950 | 168 |
| 2000 | 159 |
Most of the population speaks German (97.5%), with Italian being second most common (1.9%) and English being third (0.6%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 115 | align=right | 89.15% | align=right | 144 | align=right | 97.30% | align=right | 155 | align=right | 97.48% | ||
| align=right | 11 | align=right | 8.53% | align=right | 4 | align=right | 2.70% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | ||
| align=right | 3 | align=right | 2.33% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.00% | align=right | 3 | align=right | 1.94% | ||
| Population | align=right | 129 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 148 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 159 | align=right | 100% | |