Sarn was a
municipality
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in the district of
Hinterrhein in the
Swiss
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canton of
Graubünden. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of
Portein,
Präz
Präz ''( Romansh: Preaz)'' was a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into the municipality of Cazis.
History
Prä ...
, Sarn, and
Tartar merged into the municipality of
Cazis.
History
Sarn is first mentioned in 1156 as ''Sarn''.
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Geography
Sarn has an area, , of . Of this area, 78.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
The municipality is located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consists of the ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Sarn on the Heinzenberg mountains. The municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into the municipality of Cazis.
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Demographics
Sarn has a population () of 142, of which 8.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -15.5%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 7 October 2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.[Graubunden in Numbers]
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Sarn is; 27 people or 17.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 people or 8.8% are 10 to 14, and 9 people or 5.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 25 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 26 people or 16.4% are 40 to 49, and 16 people or 10.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 18 people or 11.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 14 people or 8.8% are 70 to 79, there are 2 people or 1.3% who are 80 to 89.[Graubunden Population Statistics]
accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.1%), the FDP (18.1%) and the CVP (11.7%).[
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Sarn about 71% 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 (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
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Sarn has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there is 1 business in this sector. 7 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 6 businesses in this sector.[
The historical population is given in the following table:]
Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (97.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.9%) and English being third ( 0.6%).[
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References
External links
Official Web site
{{Authority control
Cazis
Former municipalities of Graubünden
Populated places disestablished in 2010
2010 disestablishments in Switzerland