| Subject Name: | Tschappina |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.6833°N 32°W |
| Postal Code: | 7428 |
| Municipality Code: | 3669 |
| Area: | 24.67 |
| Elevation: | 1400 |
| Website: | www.tschappina.ch |
Tschappina is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Tschappina is first mentioned in 1396 as in Schipinen.
Tschappina has an area,, of 24.7km2. Of this area, 42.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (30%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.[1] It consists of scattered settlements over the upper Heinzenberg mountains, at an elevation of 1384-. It consists of the settlements of Unter- and Ober-Tschappina, Ober Gmeind, Usser and Inner Glas.
Tschappina has a population (as of) of ., 4.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.8%.[2]
, the gender distribution of the population was 53.1% male and 46.9% female.[3] The age distribution,, in Tschappina is; 20 people or 13.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 people or 9.3% are 10 to 14, and 7 people or 4.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 13.9% are 30 to 39, 24 people or 15.9% are 40 to 49, and 21 people or 13.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 15 people or 9.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 6.6% are 70 to 79, there are 10 people or 6.6% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 to 99.[4]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.4%), the FDP (12.6%) and the CVP (9.3%).[2]
In Tschappina about 71.6% 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]
Tschappina has an unemployment rate of 0.39%., there were 54 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 330 |
| 1850 | 251 |
| 1900 | 209 |
| 1950 | 209 |
| 2000 | 151 |
Most of the population speaks German (98.0%), with Romansh being second most common (1.3%) and Portuguese being third (0.7%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 151 | align=right | 96.79% | align=right | 138 | align=right | 98.57% | align=right | 148 | align=right | 98.01% | ||
| align=right | 3 | align=right | 1.92% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 1.43% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 1.32% | ||
| Population | align=right | 156 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 140 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 151 | align=right | 100% | |