Ferrera

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Ferrera
Municipality
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Location of Ferrera
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Ferrera
Coordinates: 46°33′N9°26′E / 46.550°N 9.433°E / 46.550; 9.433
Country Switzerland
Canton Grisons
District Viamala
Area
[1]
 • Total
75.46 km2 (29.14 sq mi)
Elevation
1,316 m (4,318 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018) [2]
 • Total
75
 • Density0.99/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
7444
SFOS number 3713
ISO 3166 code CH-GR
Localities Innerferrera, Ausserferrera
Surrounded by Andeer, Avers, Madesimo (IT-SO), Mulegns, Piuro (IT-SO), Pignia, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Sufers
Website www.ferrera.ch
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Ferrera is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Grisons, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2008 through the merger of Innerferrera and Ausserferrera. Geographically, it covers the entire Ferrera valley.

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Ausserferrera

Historical population

The combined historical population of the two municipalities is given in the following table: [3] [4]

yearpopulation
1808167
1850273
1900162
1950145
1960405 a
200096
^a Population increase due to construction of the dam at Valle di Lei

Languages

Languages in Ferrera
LanguagesCensus of 1980Census of 1990Census of 2000
NumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage
German 7969.30%7575.76%9091.84%
Romansh 3328.95%2121.21%11.02%
Italian 00.00%22.02%33.37%
Population114100%99100%98100%
Languages in Ausserferrera
LanguagesCensus of 1980Census of 1990Census of 2000
NumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage
German 2958.00%2858.33%4493.62%
Romansh 1938.00%1735.42%12.13%
Italian 00.00%24.17%12.13%
Population50100%48100%47100%
Languages in Innerferrera
LanguagesCensus of 1980Census of 1990Census of 2000
NumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage
German 5078.13%4792.16%4694.0%
Romansh 1421.88%47.84%26.0%
Population64100%51100%49100%

Weather

Innerferrera village in Ferrera has an average of 118.2 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,238 mm (48.7 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Innerferrera receives an average of 158 mm (6.2 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.3, but with only 141 mm (5.6 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 44 mm (1.7 in) of precipitation over 12.2 days. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Ausserferrera in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  4. ↑ Innerferrera in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  5. ↑ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the weather station elevation is 1475 meters above sea level.

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