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Tschiertschen-Praden
Tschiertschen-Praden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the Grisons, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Praden and Tschiertschen.Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
The formerly independent municipality merged with Tschiertschen to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009
History
Praden is first mentioned in 1157 as ''de Pradis''.
Geography
Praden has an area, , of . Of this area, 26.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 67.9% is forest. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) is non-arable (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The village is located in the Churwalden sub-district of the Plessur district on the mountain slopes above the left side of the Schanfigger valley. It consists of the
linear village
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s of Inner- and Usserpraden at an elevation of and respectively. In 2009 Praden merged with Tschiertschen to form Tschiertschen-Praden.
Demographics
Praden had a population () of 109, of which 8.3% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -14.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.0%), with French being second most common ( 1.0%) and Romansh being third ( 1.0%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.Graubunden in Numbers accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Praden is; 11 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 teenagers or 13.9% are 10 to 14, and 7 teenagers or 6.9% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 8.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 16 people or 15.8% are 30 to 39, 21 people or 20.8% are 40 to 49, and 14 people or 13.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 4 people or 4.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 3 people or 3.0% are 70 to 79, there are 2 people or 2.0% who are 80 to 89.Graubunden Population Statistics accessed 21 September 2009
In the
2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SP which received 60% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28.4%), the FDP (10.5%) and the CVP (1.1%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Praden about 89.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a '' Fachhochschule'').
Praden has an unemployment rate of 0.96%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the
secondary sector
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and there is 1 business in this sector. 14 people are employed in the
tertiary sector
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, with 4 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: