Trans is a village in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Tomils in the district of
Hinterrhein in the
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canton of
Graubünden. In 2009 Trans merged with
Feldis/Veulden,
Scheid and
Tumegl/Tomils to form the municipality of Tomils.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009
History
Trans is first mentioned in the middle of the 12th Century as ''Hof ad Tranne''.
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Geography
Trans has an area, , of . Of this area, 30.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 46.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (22%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
The municipality is located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consisted of the ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Trans, located on a terrace above the eastern side of the Hinterrhine valley.
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Demographics
Trans has a population () of 56, all Swiss. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -17.6%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 05-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 55.4% male and 44.6% female.[Graubunden in Numbers]
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Trans is; 8 people or 11.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 people or 8.7% are 10 to 14, and 4 people or 5.8% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 5 people or 7.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 7 people or 10.1% are 30 to 39, 11 people or 15.9% are 40 to 49, and 12 people or 17.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 5 people or 7.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 4 people or 5.8% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 10.1% 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 66.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.9%), the FDP (9%) and the CVP (4.8%).[
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Trans about 52.8% 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 ...
'').[
Trans has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 4 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:]
References
External links
Official website
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Former municipalities of Graubünden
Domleschg