| Subject Name: | Surava |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Imagepath Coa: | Surava wappen.svg |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.65°N 45°W |
| Postal Code: | 7472 |
| Municipality Code: | 3515 |
| Area: | 7.0 |
| Elevation: | 904 |
| Population: | 196 |
| Populationof: | Dec 2013 |
| Website: | www.albula-alvra.ch |
Surava is a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
Surava is first mentioned about 1580 as Surraguas.
Before the merger, Surava had a total area of 7km2. Of this area, 10.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 78.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Belfort sub-district of the Albula District. It consists of the linear village of Surava on the right bank of the Albula river. In 1883 the municipality of Brienz-Surava split into Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava.[1]
Surava had a population (as of 2013) of 196.[2], 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -22%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 52.8% male and 47.2% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Surava is; 9 people or 12.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 people or 8.0% are 10 to 14, and 7 people or 9.3% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 4 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 10 people or 13.3% are 30 to 39, 14 people or 18.7% are 40 to 49, and 10 people or 13.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 4 people or 5.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 3 people or 4.0% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 9.3% who are 80 to 89, and there are 1 people or 1.3% who are 90 to 99.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 43.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (32.6%), the FDP (18.6%) and the SPS (5.1%).[2]
In Surava about 66.2% 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]
Surava has an unemployment rate of 0.67%., there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 22 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 35 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 89 |
| 1850 | 159 |
| 1900 | 148 |
| 1950 | 203 |
| 1960 | 136 |
| 1970 | 93 |
| 1980 | 62 |
| 1990 | 73 |
| 2000 | 150 |
Most of the population speaks German (78.4%), with Romansh being second most common (10.8%) and Albanian being third (2.8%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| German | align=right | 116 | align=right | 60.42% | align=right | 161 | align=right | 76.67% | align=right | 196 | align=right | 78.40% | |
| Romanish | align=right | 66 | align=right | 34.38% | align=right | 45 | align=right | 21.43% | align=right | 27 | align=right | 10.80% | |
| align=right | 10 | align=right | 5.21% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 0.95% | align=right | 4 | align=right | 1.60% | ||
| Population | align=right | 192 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 210 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 250 | align=right | 100% | |