Lohn ''(
Romansh: Lon)'' is a former
municipality
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in the
Viamala Region
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in the
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canton of
Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of
Casti-Wergenstein,
Donat, Lohn and
Mathon merged to form the new municipality of
Muntogna da Schons.
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).
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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
2007 federal election 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
SPS (21.8%) and the
CVP (4.2%).
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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 '']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 ...
'').[
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:][
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Languages
Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (52.0%) and the rest speak German (48.0%).[
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References
External links
Official Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lohn, Graubunden
Muntogna da Schons
Former municipalities of Graubünden