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Stierva is a former
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 In the 2000 census, some two-thirds of the population declared Romansh as a first language, with most of the rest speaking German.
Before the merger, Stierva had a total area of . Of this area, 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Alvaschein sub-district of the Albula district. It is a ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) above the lower Albula valley.
accessed 15 January 2015 , 1.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.8%. Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (66.4%), with German being second most common (32.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.8%). , the gender distribution of the population was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Stierva is; 20 people or 15.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 people or 4.7% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 17 people or 13.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 16.4% are 30 to 39, 15 people or 11.7% are 40 to 49, and 12 people or 9.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 12.5% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 5.5% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person 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 CVP which received 45.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (40.6%), the SPS (7.8%) and the FDP (5.9%). In Stierva about 66.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Official website
* {{Authority control Albula/Alvra Former municipalities of Graubünden
municipality
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in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland
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. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweizpublished by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 In the 2000 census, some two-thirds of the population declared Romansh as a first language, with most of the rest speaking German.
History
Stierva is first mentioned in 841 ''Seturiuo''. Until 1943 Stierva was known as ''Stürvis''.Geography
Before the merger, Stierva had a total area of . Of this area, 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Alvaschein sub-district of the Albula district. It is a ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) above the lower Albula valley.
Demographics
Stierva had a population (as of 2013) of 134.Swiss Federal Statistical Officeaccessed 15 January 2015 , 1.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.8%. Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (66.4%), with German being second most common (32.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.8%). , the gender distribution of the population was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Stierva is; 20 people or 15.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 people or 4.7% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 17 people or 13.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 16.4% are 30 to 39, 15 people or 11.7% are 40 to 49, and 12 people or 9.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 13 people or 10.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 12.5% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 5.5% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person 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 CVP which received 45.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (40.6%), the SPS (7.8%) and the FDP (5.9%). In Stierva about 66.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule
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'').
Stierva has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 21 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 7 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:
References
External links
Official website
* {{Authority control Albula/Alvra Former municipalities of Graubünden