Lü, Switzerland
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Lü is a village in the
Val Müstair Val Müstair () is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Tschierv, Fuldera, Lü, Valchava, Santa Maria Val Müstair and Müsta ...
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in the district of
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in the
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canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Lü merged with Fuldera,
Müstair Müstair Help:IPA/Romansh, yʃtɐiris a village in the Val Müstair municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Inn District, Switzerland, Inn in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. In 2009 ...
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Santa Maria Val Müstair Santa Maria Val Müstair () is a village in the Val Müstair municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Inn District, Switzerland, Inn in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Santa Mari ...
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Tschierv Tschierv is a village in the Val Müstair municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Inn District, Switzerland, Inn in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Tschierv merged with Fuldera, ...
and Valchava to form the municipality of
Val Müstair Val Müstair () is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Tschierv, Fuldera, Lü, Valchava, Santa Maria Val Müstair and Müsta ...
.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009


History

Lü is first mentioned in 1466 as ''Lug''.


Geography

Lü had an area, , of . Of this area, 45.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (18.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Val Müstair sub-district (now Val Müstair municipality) of the Inn district. It is one of the highest villages in Europe, at an elevation of on a terrace above the left bank of the ''Rombach''. It consists of the village of Lü and the
hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
of Lüsai.


Demographics

Lü has a population () of 63, of which 4.8% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -19.8%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 13-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009
The age distribution, , in Lü is; 9 children or 14.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 teenagers or 9.7% are 10 to 14, and 1 teenager is 15 to 19. Of the adult population, no one is between 20 and 29 years old. 12 people or 19.4% are 30 to 39, 13 people or 21.0% are 40 to 49, and 5 people or 8.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 16.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 2 people or 3.2% are 70 to 79, there are 4 people or 6.5% 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 98% of the vote. The rest of the votes went to the FDP (1%) and the SPS (0%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lü about 71.9% 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 ...
''). Lü has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 16 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 3 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 2 businesses in this sector. 12 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 2 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:


Languages

Most of the population () speaks
Rhaeto-Romance Rhaeto-Romance, Rheto-Romance, Rhaeto-Italian, or Rhaetian, is a purported subfamily of the Romance languages that is spoken in south-eastern Switzerland and north-eastern Italy. The name "Rhaeto-Romance" refers to the former Roman province of ...
(82.3%), with the rest speaking German (17.7%) In the valley, the Romansh speaking population speaks the ''Jauer'' dialect. In 1910 about 90% of the population spoke Romansh, in 1941 it was 96% and in 1970 it was 94%. In 1990 98% understood Romansh even if wasn't their first language and in 2000 it was 87%.


Tourism

There is a small car parking in the village. A number of hiking trails start here, up the hills or down to the valley in summer and winter. In fall 2009 - the International Year of Astronomy - a public observatory Alpine Astrovillage Lü-Stailas was inaugurated. The Center is equipped with robotic telescopes for direct observations as well as for astrophotography. The equipment is also used in introductory courses for beginning amateur astronomers. The Astrovillage is located on a terrace at an elevation of and has favorable geographical and meteorological conditions for astronomy.


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External links

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Alpine Astro Village
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