Madulain () is a
municipality
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in the
Maloja Region
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). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other fed ...
in the
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canton of
Graubünden.
History
Madulain is first mentioned around 1137-39 as ''Madulene''.
Guardaval Castle was built near the village of Madulain in the 13th century to administer the estates of the
Bishop of Chur
The Bishop of Chur (German: ''Bischof von Chur'') is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, Grisons, Switzerland (Latin: ''Dioecesis Curiensis'').[Upper Engadine
The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ...]
. In 1409 the Bishop had to
pledge
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the castle to the
League of God's House
The League of God's House (German: ''Gotteshausbund'', Italian: ''Lega Caddea'', rm, ) was formed in what is now Switzerland on 29 January 1367, to resist the rising power of the Bishopric of Chur and the House of Habsburg. The League allied wi ...
to pay off some of his debts. Under the League, the castle was no longer an administrative center and was abandoned, falling into ruin.
Geography
![Madulainwinter2005-3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Madulainwinter2005-3.jpg)
Madulain has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 30.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 52.2% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of or about 0.8% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1985 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by and is now about 0.98% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, is fields and grasslands and consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by . Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality.
[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits]
accessed 27 October 2016
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district, after 2017 it was part of the Maloja Region.
accessed 16 February 2017 It is the smallest of the eleven municipalities in the district. It is located in the upper
Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ' ...
valley between
La Punt Chamues-ch
La Punt Chamues-ch (; it, label=Italian and official name until 1943, Ponte-Campovasto) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
La Punt Chamues-ch is first mentioned around 1137-39 as ''Campolovasto''. ...
and
Zuoz
Zuoz () is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Zuoz is first mentioned about 840 as ''Zuzes''. Historically, Zuoz was the political center of the upper Engadin. It was the seat of the local bishop. Bu ...
about 15 minutes from
St. Moritz on the
Inn River
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, mouth_location = Danube (Passau)
, mo ...
. It consists of the ''Haufendorf'' village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Madulain on the Inn at an elevation of . Until 1943 Madulain was known as Madulein.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009
Demographics
Madulain has a population () of . , 32.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 a small minority (22 or 9.6% of the population) was born in Italy a small minority (27 or 11.8% of the population) was born in Portugal. Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of 19.59%. The
birth rate
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in the municipality, in 2014, was 13.1, while the
death rate
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of de ...
was 13.1 per thousand residents.
[
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 65.5% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.8%.][ In 2015 there were 86 single residents, 116 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 8 widows or widowers and 19 divorced residents.
In 2014 there were 109 private households in Madulain with an average household size of 2.13 persons. Of the 94 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 34.0% were single family homes and 41.5% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 19.1% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 29.8% were built between 1991 and 2000.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen ]
accessed 5 May 2016 In 2013 there was no new construction in the municipality. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.94%.[
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (53.9%), with Romansh being second most common (22.2%) and Italian being third (17.2%).[ Currently, a minority of the population speaks the Upper-]Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine ( rm, ;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ' ...
Romansh dialect of Puter, though until the early 19th Century the entire village spoke it. Due to increasing trade with the outside world, Romansh usage began to decline. In 1880, 68% named Romansh as their native language in the Swiss census, while in 1900 it was only 55% and by 1910 there were 36 native Romansh speakers and 47 native German speakers. However, during World War II
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the majority language switched several times. In 1941 the village was 50% Romansh speaking. By 1970 German was again the majority. In 1990, 27.5% named Romansh as their language of best command, with 50.8% naming it as a habitually spoken language, while in 2000 it was the language of best command for 22.2% and a habitually spoken language for 42.8%.
Politics
In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 27.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (24.0%), the GLP (16.0%) and the FDP (14.7%). In the federal election, a total of 76 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ...
was 55.9%. The 2015 election saw a large change in the voting when compared to 2011. The percentage of the vote received by the SVP increased sharply from 18.8% in 2011 to 27.2% in 2015
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (37%), the FDP (12.2%) and the CVP (10.2%).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 20 October 2009
Education
In Madulain about 71.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
'').[
]
Economy
Madulain is classed as a semitourist community.
, there were a total of 77 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 15 people worked in 5 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
employed 9 workers in 4 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
provided 53 jobs in 23 businesses.
In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making was 3.3% and the rate for a single person making was 14.1%. The canton has an average tax rate for those making and an average rate for those making . In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was and the per person average was , which is less than the cantonal average of but greater than the per person amount of . It is also less than the national per tax payer average of but greater than the per person average of
Transportation
The municipality has a railway station, , on the Bever–Scuol-Tarasp line. It has regular service to , , , and .
References
External links
Official Website of Madulain
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