Lohn, Graubünden

{{Other places|Lohn (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox Swiss town

| subject_name = Lohn

| image_photo = Lohn Dorf.jpg

| municipality_type = former

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| canton = Graubünden

| iso-code-region = CH-GR

| district = Viamala

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| postal_code = 7433

| municipality_code = 3707

| area = 43.95

| elevation = 1585|elevation_description=

| population = 52 | populationof = December 2019 | popofyear = 2019

| website = www.lohn-gr.ch

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| neighboring_municipalities= Donat, Mathon, Rongellen, Thusis, Tschappina, Urmein, Zillis-Reischen

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Lohn (Romansh: Lon) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of Muntogna da Schons.{{Cite web |url=https://www.agvchapp.bfs.admin.ch/de/home |title=Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden |year=2021 | work=bfs.admin.ch | publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |accessdate= 5 January 2021}}

History

Lohn is first mentioned in mid-12th Century as Laune and Lune. In 1219 it was mentioned as de Laone.{{HDS|1507|Lohn}}

Geography

Lohn had an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|8.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Before 2017, the former municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016] accessed 16 February 2017 It is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located at an elevation of {{convert|1582|m|ft|abbr=on}} on the upper Schamserberg.

Demographics

Lohn had a population (as of 2019) of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.7%.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 7 October 2009

{{as of|2000}}, the gender distribution of the population was 44.0% male and 56.0% 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=2009-09-24 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Lohn is; 5 people or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 9 people or 18.0% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 1 person or 2.0% of the population is between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 10.0% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 18.0% are 40 to 49, and 1 person or 2.0% is 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 20.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 20.0% are 70 to 79.[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=2009-08-27 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.9%), the SPS (21.8%) and the CVP (4.2%).

In Lohn about 82.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Lohn has an unemployment rate of 0%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following graph:

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Languages

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (52.0%) and the rest speak German (48.0%).

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References

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