Nufenen (

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: ''Novena'', Romansh: ''Nueinas'') is a former

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in the

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in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and

Splügen Splügen ( Romansh: ''Spleia'', Italian: ''Spluga'') is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January ...

merged to form the new municipality of

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History

Nufenen was first mentioned in 1343 as ''Ovena''. In 1633 it was mentioned as ''Nufena''. In Romansh it was known as ''Nueinas'' and it used to be known as ''Novena'' in

Geography

Nufenen has an area, , of . Of this area, 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (29.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald 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 located on the

San Bernardino tunnel The San Bernardino road tunnel is a road tunnel in the canton of Graubünden in south-eastern Switzerland. It runs under the San Bernardino Pass between the town of San Bernardino and the town of Hinterrhein, and forms part of the A13 motorway ...

road. It consists of the ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Nufenen. Until the 18th Century, the village was surrounded by about fifteen farm house groups.

Demographics

Nufenen has a population (as of ) of . , 4.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.2%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 06-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 55.6% male and 44.4% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Nufenen is; 17 people or 13.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 4 people or 3.1% are 10 to 14, and 6 people or 4.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 18 people or 14.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 9 people or 7.1% are 30 to 39, 17 people or 13.4% are 40 to 49, and 25 people or 19.7% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 6.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 11.8% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 5.5% who are 80 to 89, and there are 1 people or 0.8% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 61.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(27.5%), the FDP (8.1%) and the CVP (2.3%). In Nufenen about 71.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Nufenen has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the

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and there is 1 business in this sector. 15 people are employed in the

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, with 3 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speak German (96.9%), with French being second most common ( 1.6%) and Italian being third ( 0.8%).

References

External links

Official Web site
{{Authority control Rheinwald Former municipalities of Graubünden