Urmein ''(
Romansh: Urmagn)'' is a
municipality in the
Viamala Region in the
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History
Urmein is first mentioned in 1156 as ''Hof de Ormen''.
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Geography
Urmein has an area, , of . Of this area, 46.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.8%) 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.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016]
accessed 16 February 2017 It consists of the ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Urmein in the inner Heinzenberg
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mountains at an elevation of .
Demographics
Urmein has a population (as of ) of . , 3.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.8%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 08-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 45.9% male and 54.1% female.[Graubunden in Numbers]
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Urmein is; 1 child or 1.2% of the population is between 0 and 9 years old. 2 children or 2.5% are 10 to 14, and 3 children or 3.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 14 people or 17.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 7.4% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 11.1% are 40 to 49, and 18 people or 22.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 17.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 12.3% are 70 to 79, there are 4 people or 4.9% 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 SVP which received 66.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (13.2%), the SPS
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(12.9%) and the local, small right-wing parties (4.2%).[
In Urmein about 72.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory ]upper secondary education
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or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
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Urmein has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. No one is employed in the secondary sector. 7 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.][
The historical population is given in the following table:]
Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (98.8%), with the rest speaking Polish ( 1.2%).[
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See also
*Oberurmein Oberurmein is a small ski station situated at 1579 metres above sea level in the Heinzenberg-Domlschlag area, in Canton Graubünden, Switzerland. It is politically attached to the town of Urmein
Urmein ''( Romansh: Urmagn)'' is a municipality i ...
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