Tamins ( rm, Tumein) is a village and a

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in the

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in the

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canton of Graubünden.

History

Tamins is first mentioned in 1224 as ''Tuminne''. In 1225 it was mentioned as ''Tvminnis'' and in 1399 as ''Tumins''.

Geography

Tamins has an area, , of . Of this area, 16.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (32%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Trins sub-district, of the Imboden district, after 2017 it was part of the Imboden Region. It is a small settlement north of the

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of the Hinterrhein and

Vorderrhein The Vorderrhein (German; English: ''Anterior Rhine''; Sursilvan: ; Sutsilvan: ''Ragn Anteriur''; Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader, and Puter: ''Rain Anteriur''; Surmiran: ''Ragn anteriour'') is one of the two sources of the Rhine. Its catchment area ...

. It consists of the village of Tamins and since 1803 the village of Reichenau at the confluence of Hinterrhein and Vorderrhein and the Castle (Schloss) of Reichenau. is located in the municipality.

Demographics

Tamins has a population (as of ) of . , 13.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.5%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 08-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Tamins is; 129 people or 11.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 85 people or 7.3% are 10 to 14, and 67 people or 5.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 136 people or 11.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 179 people or 15.3% are 30 to 39, 217 people or 18.6% are 40 to 49, and 166 people or 14.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 105 people or 9.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 55 people or 4.7% are 70 to 79, there are 27 people or 2.3% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(31.1%), the FDP (21%) and the CVP (8.1%). In Tamins about 78% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Tamins has an unemployment rate of 0.95%. , there were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 61 people are employed in the

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and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 93 people are employed in the

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, with 33 businesses in this sector. From the , 365 or 31.3% are

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, while 633 or 54.2% belonged to the

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. Of the rest of the population, there are less than 5 individuals who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 18 individuals (or about 1.54% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 30 (or about 2.57% of the population) who are

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ic. There are 10 individuals (or about 0.86% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 84 (or about 7.20% of the population) belong to no church, are

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, and 27 individuals (or about 2.31% of the population) did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (88.4%), with Romansh being second most common ( 3.5%) and Italian being third ( 2.8%).

Weather

Tamins has an average of 122.6 days of rain per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is August during which time Tamins receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.6 days. The driest month of the year is October with an average of of precipitation over 12.6 days., the weather station elevation is 667 meters above sea level.

Transportation

Rhaetian Railway The Rhaetian Railway (german: Rhätische Bahn; it, Ferrovia retica; rm, Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB ...

operate services to

Reichenau-Tamins (Rhaetian Railway station) Reichenau-Tamins railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Domat/Ems serving the communities of Reichenau and Tamins in Switzerland. It is an important station for connections between the Landquart–Thusis and the Reichenau- ...

nearby.

References

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