Sils im Domleschg ( Romansh: ''Seglias'') is a

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in the

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in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

History

Sils im Domleschg is first mentioned in 1149 as ''de Sillas''.

Geography

Sils im Domleschg has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 14.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 70.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 6.9% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of or about 3.8% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1984/85 amount. Of the agricultural land, is used for orchards and vineyards, is fields and grasslands and consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1984/85 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by . Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits
accessed 27 October 2016 Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It is a

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between the Albula and Hinterrhein rivers. It consists of the village of Sils im Domleschg and the

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of Freihof, Campi and Albula.

Demographics

Sils im Domleschg has a population () of . , 16.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 a small minority (50 or 5.4% of the population) was born in Portugal. Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of 5.60%. The

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in the municipality, in 2014, was 11.0, while the

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was 5.5 per thousand residents. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 58.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.3%. In 2015 there were 365 single residents, 444 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 50 widows or widowers and 68 divorced residents. In 2014 there were 387 private households in Sils im Domleschg with an average household size of 2.36 persons. Of the 214 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 50.0% were single family homes and 32.7% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 28.0% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 15.9% were built between 1991 and 2000.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen
accessed 5 May 2016 In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 7.82. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.37%. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (86.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (3.3%) and Italian being third (2.8%).
accessed 5 October 2009

Heritage sites of national significance

Ehrenfels Castle, Carschenna (pre-historic

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), the ruins of

Hohenrätien Castle Hohenrätien Castle is a castle in the municipality of Sils im Domleschg of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. History The castle was built on a rock wall that rises above the Via ...

and the ruins of Campell or Campi Castle are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. File:Carschenna 04.jpg, Carschenna petroglyphs File:Ehrenfels Nord.jpg, Burg Ehrenfels File:Hohraet hoch rialt.jpg, Ruins of Hohenrätien File:Campell Ansicht.jpg, Ruine Campi (or Campell)

Politics

In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 35.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the BDP (20.1%), the SP (15.1%) and the FDP (12.7%). In the federal election, a total of 287 votes were cast, and the

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was 45.9%. The 2015 election saw a large change in the voting when compared to 2011. The percentage of the vote received by the SVP increased from 27.8% in 2011 to 35.8% in 2015, while the percentage that the BDP dropped from 31.1% to 20.1%. In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (27.4%), the FDP (19.7%) and the CVP (8.1%).

Education

In Sils im Domleschg about 73.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule'').

Economy

Sils im Domleschg is an industrial-tertiary municipality, a municipality where agriculture and manufacturing play a minor role in the economy. , there were a total of 287 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 14 people worked in 6 businesses in the primary economic sector. The

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employed 160 workers in 21 separate businesses. A minority (25.6%) of the secondary sector employees worked in very small businesses. There were 5 small businesses with a total of 119 employees. Finally, 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 ...

provided 113 jobs in 42 businesses.Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse
accessed 31 October 2016 In 2014 a total of 7.8% of the population received social assistance.

Religion

From the , 700 or 33.0% are

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, while 1,176 or 55.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 43 individuals (or about 2.03% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 13 individuals (or about 0.61% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 21 (or about 0.99% of the population) who are Muslim. There was 1 individual (or about 0.05% of the population) who belonged to another church (not listed on the census), 97 (or about 4.57% of the population) who belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 71 individuals (or about 3.35% of the population) who did not answer the question.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009

References

External links

Official Web site
{{Authority control Municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden