Lohn ''( Romansh: Lon)'' is a former

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in the

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in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of

Casti-Wergenstein Casti-Wergenstein or Casti-Vargistagn is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipali ...

, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of

Muntogna da Schons Muntogna da Schons is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Switzerland ...

History

Lohn is first mentioned in mid-12th Century as ''Laune'' and ''Lune''. In 1219 it was mentioned as ''de Laone''.

Geography

Lohn had an area, , of . Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the former municipality was located in the Schams 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 is a ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located at an elevation of on the upper Schamserberg.

Demographics

Lohn had a population (as of 2019) of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.7%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 7 October 2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 44.0% male and 56.0% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Lohn is; 5 people or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 9 people or 18.0% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 1 person or 2.0% of the population is between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 10.0% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 18.0% are 40 to 49, and 1 person or 2.0% is 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 20.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 20.0% are 70 to 79.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.9%), the

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(21.8%) and the CVP (4.2%). In Lohn about 82.4% 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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''). Lohn has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. The historical population is given in the following graph: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width: auto height:200 barincrement:45 PlotArea = top:20 left:35 bottom:20 right:35 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:150 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:25 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width: 35 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1780 from:start till:126 text:"126" bar:1850 from:start till:97 text:"97" bar:1900 from:start till:75 text:"75" bar:1950 from:start till:62 text:"62" bar:1980 from:start till:36 text:"36" bar:1990 from:start till:58 text:"58" bar:2000 from:start till:50 text:"50" bar:2018 from:start till:46 text:"46"

Languages

Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (52.0%) and the rest speak German (48.0%).

References

External links

Official Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lohn, Graubunden Muntogna da Schons Former municipalities of Graubünden