Malans, Switzerland

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Malans
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Malans, Switzerland
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Malans
Coordinates: 46°58′N9°34′E / 46.967°N 9.567°E / 46.967; 9.567
Country Switzerland
Canton Grisons
District Landquart
Government
   Mayor Guido Anesini
Area
[1]
  Total
11.40 km2 (4.40 sq mi)
Elevation
568 m (1,864 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018) [2]
  Total
2,378
  Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
7208
SFOS number 3954
ISO 3166 code CH-GR
Surrounded by Igis, Jenins, Maienfeld, Seewis im Prättigau, Valzeina
Website www.malans.ch
SFSO statistics

Malans is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

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History

Malans is first mentioned about 840 as in villa Mellanze. In 956 it was mentioned as Malanz. [3]

Heritage sites of national significance

The Rohan-Schanze archeological site and Bothmar Castle with its surrounding buildings and park are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. [4]

Geography

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Malans village

Malans has an area, as of 2006, of 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 39.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). [5]

The municipality is the capital of the Maienfeld sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It lies along the old Rhine valley road and the road over the Fadärastein pass into the Prättigau valley.

Demographics

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Malans village church

Malans has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 2,462. [6] The historical population is as follows: [3]

yearpopulation
20001,908
19501,345
1900873
1880838
1850912

As of 2008, 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. [7]

As of 2000:

Age groupPopulation% of total
Children (0-9yrs)28114.7%
Pre-teen (10-14yrs)1276.7%
Teenagers (15-19yrs)1065.6%
Adults (20-29yrs)1879.8%
Adults (30-39yrs)39120.5%
Adults (40-49yrs)24813.0%
Adults (50-59yrs)22912.0%
Seniors (60-69yrs)1467.7%
Seniors (70-79yrs)1407.3%
Seniors (80-89yrs)422.2%
Seniors (90-99yrs)110.6%

Religion

From the 2000 census, 528 or 27.7% are Roman Catholic, while 1,137 or 59.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 20 individuals (or about 1.05% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 18 individuals (or about 0.94% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 16 (or about 0.84% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 8 individuals (or about 0.42% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 131 (or about 6.87% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 50 individuals (or about 2.62% of the population) did not answer the question. [7]

Education

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Malans about 83.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). [5]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (31.2%), the FDP (24.9%) and the CVP (7.5%). [5]

Economy

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Farmer with a New Holland tractor on a hayfield in Malans

As of 2005, Malans has an unemployment rate of 0.89%. Employment and businesses were organized as follows: [5]

SectorPeople EmployedBusinesses Involved
Primary (raw materials)16641
Secondary (manufacturing)14026
Tertiary (service)28668

Transportation

The municipality has a railway station, Malans, on the Landquart–Davos Platz line. It has regular service to Disentis/Mustér, Scuol-Tarasp, Rhäzüns, and Schiers.

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. 1 2 Malans in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  4. Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine 21.11.2008 version, (in German) accessed 16-Oct-2009
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 16-Oct-2009
  6. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Graubunden Population Statistics Archived 2009-08-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009
  8. Graubunden in Numbers Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009