Tschiertschen-Praden

Tschiertschen-Praden
Municipality
Tschiertschen village
Coat of arms
Location of Tschiertschen-Praden
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Coordinates: 46°49′N9°36′E / 46.817°N 9.600°E / 46.817; 9.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Plessur
Government
•  Executive	Gemeinderat
•  Mayor	Gemeindepräsident
Area [1]
• Total	27.74 km2 (10.71 sq mi)
Elevation	1,350 m (4,430 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018) [2]
• Total	305
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7063, 7063
SFOS number	3932
Localities	Praden, Tschiertschen
Surrounded by	Calfreisen, Castiel, Churwalden, Maladers, Arosa, Lüen, Molinis, Parpan, Vaz/Obervaz
Website	www.tschiertschen-praden.ch SFSO statistics

Tschiertschen-Praden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the Grisons, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Praden and Tschiertschen. ^[3]

Geography

Tschiertschen has a combined area, as of 2006 ^[update] , of 27.8 km² (10.7 sq mi). ^[4]

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Churwalden sub-district of the Plessur district on the mountain slopes above the left side of the Schanfigger valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Tschiertschen at an elevation of 1,351 m (4,432 ft) and the linear villages of Inner- and Usserpraden at an elevation of 1,100 m (3,600 ft) and 1,250 m (4,100 ft) respectively.

Demographics

Tschiertschen-Praden has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 300. ^[5]

The combined historical population is given in the following table: ^{[6] [7]}

year	population
1803	280
1850	268
1900	270
1950	272
2000	326

Weather

Tschiertschen has an average of 123.9 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,095 mm (43.1 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Tschiertschen receives an average of 140 mm (5.5 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is June, with an average of 13.1, but with only 128 mm (5.0 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 61 mm (2.4 in) of precipitation over 12.7 days. ^[8]

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. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
4. Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27-Oct-2009
5. "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.
6. Praden in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
7. Tschiertschen in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
8. "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 1375 meters above sea level.

External links

• Adolf Collenberg:Tschiertschen-Praden in Romansh in the online Lexicon Istoric Retic .
• Praden in Romansh , German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
• Tschiertschen in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .