municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Moesa District
Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of corresponding to the Val Mesolcina, the valley of the eponymous Moesa River. It was replaced with t ...
in the Swiss
canton of Graubünden
The Grisons () or Graubünden,Names include:
*german: (Kanton) Graubünden ;
* Romansh:
** rm, label=Sursilvan, (Cantun) Grischun
** rm, label= Vallader, (Chantun) Grischun
** rm, label= Puter, (Chantun) Grischun
** rm, label= Surmiran, (Can ...
. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo,
Braggio
Braggio was a municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of
Calanca
Calanca is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
The local language is Italian.
With a population at the end of 2008 of only 36, it was one of the smallest communities in Switzerland. The village had however declared its intention to remain an independent entity.
Geography
Before the merger, Selma had a total area of . Of this area, 5.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 68.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (22.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Calanca sub-district of the Moesa district.
Demographics
Selma had a population (as of 2013) of 33.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 January 2015 , 8.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.9%. Most of the population () speaks Italian (65.9%), with the rest (34.1%) speaking German.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.Graubunden in Numbers accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Selma is; 8 children or 18.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 2 teenagers or 4.5% are 10 to 14, and no one is between 15 and 19. Of the adult population, 2 people or 4.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 9 people or 20.5% are 30 to 39, 5 people or 11.4% are 40 to 49, and 7 people or 15.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 5 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 5 people or 11.4% are 70 to 79, there is 1 person who is 80 to 89.Graubunden Population Statistics accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 Swiss federal election the CVP received 53.8% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SP with 36.3% of the vote.
In Selma about 84% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule'').
Selma has an unemployment rate of 3.41%. , there were 2 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 business involved in this sector. people are employed in the
secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...
and there are businesses in this sector. 5 people are employed in the
tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 2 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: