Surcuolm is a village in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Mundaun in the district of

Surselva Surselva Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.canton of Graubünden in

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. In 2009 Surcuolm merged with Flond to form the municipality of Mundaun.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009

History

Surcuolm is first mentioned in the 18th century as ''Neukirch'' which was the official name until 1943.

Geography

Surcuolm has an area, , of . Of this area, 67.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The village is located in the Lugnez sub-district of the Surselva district. It is located on the

Obersaxen Obersaxen () is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Obersaxen and Mundaun merged to form the new municipality of Obersaxen Mundaun. History Ober ...

plateau and originally consisted of scattered farm houses and

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with a small central village. The village was mostly Romansh speaking and

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, the later in contrast to the neighboring villages of Flond and Luven. Until 1943 Surcuolm was known as Neukirch bei Ilanz.

Demographics

Surcuolm has a population () of 108, of which 3.7% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -26.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (55.4%), with Romansh being second most common (44.6%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 09-Nov-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Surcuolm is; 16 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 19 teenagers or 14.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 16 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 15 people or 11.5% are between 30 and 39, 28 people or 21.5% are between 40 and 49, and 12 people or 9.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 7 people or 5.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 9 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 8 people or 6.2% who are between 80 and 89.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 63.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.4%), the FDP (7.8%) and the SP (5.4%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Surcuolm about 65.6% of the population (between age 25 and 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 ...

''). Surcuolm has an unemployment rate of 0.49%. , there were 14 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the

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and there is 1 business in this sector. 47 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 13 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Obersaxen Mundaun Former municipalities of Graubünden