Fuldera

{{Infobox Swiss town

| subject_name = Fuldera

| municipality_type = former

| snow_image = FulderaDorf.jpg

| imagepath_coa = Fuldera wappen.svg

| imagepath_flag = Flag of Fuldera.gif

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| canton = Graubünden

| iso-code-region = CH-GR

| district = Inn

| coordinates = {{coord|46|36|N|10|22|E|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code = 7533

| municipality_code = 3841

| area = 13.19

| elevation = 1638|elevation_description=

| population = 121 |populationof = December 2008 | popofyear = 2008

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| neighboring_municipalities= , Müstair, Tschierv, Valchava

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Fuldera is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Fuldera merged with , Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 23 September 2009

History

Fuldera is first mentioned in 1322 as Faldiera.

Geography

File:Fuldera Dorf.jpg

Fuldera had an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|13.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 24.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (36.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The village is located in the Val Müstair sub-district (now Val Müstair municipality) of the Inn district. It is located on the right side of the Rombach. It consists of the larger Fuldera-Dora and the smaller Fuldera-Daint.

Demographics

Fuldera had a population ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) of 121, of which 6.6% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.2%.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904041839/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html |date=September 4, 2011 }} accessed 13-Oct-2009

{{as of|2000}}, the gender distribution of the population was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.[http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924000647/http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx |date=September 24, 2009 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Fuldera is; 20 children or 17.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 12 teenagers or 10.4% are 10 to 14, and 1 teenager is 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 10 people or 8.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 20 people or 17.4% are 30 to 39, 12 people or 10.4% are 40 to 49, and 10 people or 8.7% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 16 people or 13.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 5.2% are 70 to 79, there are 8 people or 7.0% who are 80 to 89.[http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827132227/http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx |date=August 27, 2009 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (29.4%), the CVP (18.5%) and the FDP (5.9%).

In Fuldera about 81.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Fuldera has an unemployment rate of 1.63%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 17 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:{{HDS|1565|Fuldera}}

class="wikitable"
year

! population

1835

| 179

1850

| 123

1900

| 98

1950

| 118

2000

| 115

2008

|121

Languages

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (74.8%), with German being second most common (23.5%) and Italian being third (0.9%). The Romansh speaking population speak the Vallader dialect. Between 1880 and 1980 most of the population spoke Romansh as their first language (1880: 80%, 1941 89% and 1980 95%). In 1990 93% of the population understood Romansh, even if it wasn't their first language, and in 2000 92% understood it.

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|+ Languages in Fuldera

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! rowspan="2" | Languages !! colspan="2" | Census 1980 !! colspan="2" | Census 1990 !! colspan="2" | Census 2000

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! Number !! Percent !! Number !! Percent !! Number !! Percent

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|German

align=right | 5align=right | 5.00%align=right | 17align=right | 16.19%align=right | 27align=right | 23.48%
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|Romanish

align=right | 95align=right | 95.00%align=right | 87align=right | 82.86%align=right | 86align=right | 74.78%
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|Italian

align=right | 0align=right | 0.00%align=right | 1align=right | 0.95%align=right | 1align=right | 0.87%
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|Population

align=right | 100align=right | 100%align=right | 105align=right | 100%align=right | 115align=right | 100%

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