| Subject Name: | Sufers |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Pixel Coa: | 100px |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.5667°N 31°W |
| Postal Code: | 7434 |
| Municipality Code: | 3695 |
| Area: | 34.629 |
| Elevation: | 1430 |
| Website: | www.sufers.ch |
| Mayor: | Thomas Lechner |
Sufers (Romansh: Sur) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Sufers is first mentioned in 831 as Subere.
Sufers has an area,, of 34.6km2. Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.[1] It is a Haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square).
A dam on the Hinterrhein river was built in 1962 and forms the reservoir Sufnersee.
Sufers has a population (as of) of ., 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Sufers is; 14 people or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 11 people or 9.6% are 10 to 14, and 4 people or 3.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 11 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 18 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 10 people or 8.7% are 40 to 49, and 17 people or 14.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 8.7% are 70 to 79, there are 8 people or 7.0% who are 80 to 89.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (19.3%) and the CVP (2.1%).[2]
In Sufers about 77.9% 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]
Sufers has an unemployment rate of 0.29%., there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 27 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1690 | 186 |
| 1807 | 224 |
| 1850 | 184 |
| 1900 | 104 |
| 1950 | 124 |
| 2000 | 115 |
| 2010 | 126 |
Most of the population speaks German (91.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (4.3%) and Romansh being third (3.5%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||||||
| align=right | 105 | align=right | 92.11% | align=right | 104 | align=right | 93.69% | align=right | 105 | align=right | 91.30% | |
| align=right | 3 | align=right | 2.63% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 0.90% | align=right | 4 | align=right | 3.48% | |
| Population | align=right | 114 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 111 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 115 | align=right | 100% |