Hinterrhein, Switzerland
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Hinterrhein () is a village and a former municipality in the
Viamala Region Viamala Region is one of the eleven regions of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, Franc ...
in the
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canton of Graubünden. The village is located near the start of the river Hinterrhein/Rein Posteriur, one of the two initial tributaries of the
Rhine The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...
. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and
Splügen Splügen (Romansh language, Romansh: ''Spleia'', Italian language, Italian: ''Spluga'') is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 Ja ...
merged to form the new municipality of
Rheinwald The Rheinwald (from Latin ''Rheni vallis'' meaning "Rhine Valley"; Romansh: ''Valrain'') is a valley in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland, the first section of the Hinterrhein valley. The river Hinterrhein flows through three valleys in the ...
.


History

Hinterrhein is first mentioned in 1219 as ''de Reno''.


Geography

Hinterrhein has an area, , of . Of this area, 22.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (68.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald sub-district, of the Hinterrhine district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It is a ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located on the northern portal of the San Bernardino tunnel.


Demographics

Hinterrhein has a population (as of ) of . , 6.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has stayed stable.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 06-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 57.7% male and 42.3% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009
The age distribution, , in Hinterrhein is; 9 people or 8.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 2 people or 1.9% are 10 to 14, and 6 people or 5.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 14 people or 13.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 19 people or 18.1% are 30 to 39, 19 people or 18.1% are 40 to 49, and 11 people or 10.5% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 13.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 9 people or 8.6% are 70 to 79, there are 2 people or 1.9% who are 80 to 89.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 76.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.3%), the SPS (6.5%) and the CVP (4.5%). In Hinterrhein about 44.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). Hinterrhein has an unemployment rate of 0.36%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 2 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 is 1 business in this sector. 11 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 ...
, with 4 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:


Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (75.2%), with Italian being second most common (14.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 5.7%).


Heritage sites of national significance

The ''Alte Landbrücke'' (Old Bridge) is listed as a Swiss heritage sites of national significance.


Climate

Between 1961 and 1990 Hinterrhein had an average of 121.4 days of rain per year and on average received of
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. The wettest month was May during which time Hinterrhein received an average of of precipitation. During this month there was precipitation for an average of 14.2 days. The driest month of the year was February with an average of of precipitation over 14.2 days., the weather station elevation is 1611 meters above sea level.


References


External links

* * {{Authority control Rheinwald Former municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden