Santa Maria Val Müstair

Sta. Maria Val Müstair is first mentioned in 1167–70 as die Kapelle Sancte Mariae in Silvaplana.

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Sta. Maria Val Müstair has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|41.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 31.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (42.1%) 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 along the Umbrail pass road. It consists of the cross-shaped village of Sta. Maria Val Müstair and the alpine settlements of Craistas, Büglios and Pütschai as well as the hamlet of Sielva which includes the hospital. Until 1995 Sta. Maria Val Müstair was known as Santa Maria im Münstertal.

Sta. Maria Val Müstair has a population ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) of 339, of which 8.8% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of −14.8%.[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=4 September 2011 }} accessed 13 October 2009

{{as of|2000}}, the gender distribution of the population was 54.2% male and 45.8% 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=24 September 2009 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Sta. Maria Val Müstair is; 7 children or 4.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 6 teenagers or 3.9% are 10 to 14, and 10 teenagers or 6.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 8.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 15 people or 9.7% are 30 to 39, 25 people or 16.2% are 40 to 49, and 26 people or 16.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 27 people or 17.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 12.3% are 70 to 79, there are 4 people or 2.6% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 1.3% who are 90 to 99.[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=27 August 2009 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (23.3%), the FDP (19.6%) and the CVP (11.8%).

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Sta. Maria Val Müstair about 63.7% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Sta. Maria Val Müstair has an unemployment rate of 1.45%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 49 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 10 businesses in this sector. 192 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 32 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:{{HDS|1568|Sta. Maria Val Müstair}}

{{Historical populations

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| 1850| 437

| 1900| 385

| 1950| 420

| 2000| 327

}}

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (69.7%), with German being second most common (25.4%) and Portuguese being third ( 2.4%). Most of the population speaks the Jauer dialect of Romansh, though even in the 19th century there was a German-speaking minority. In 1880 about 81% of the population spoke Romansh as their first language, in 1910 it was 63%, in 1941 it was 74% and in 1970 it had grown to 81%.

Sta. Maria in Val Müstair features a warm summer humid continental climate (Dfb) according to the Köppen climate classification. The town receives on average 95.6 days of rain per year totalling {{convert|767|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. This relatively low level of precipitation is primarily due to its central location inside the Alps. The wettest month is August during which time Sta. Maria receives on average {{convert|109|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.0 days. The driest month of the year is February with an average of {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation over 5.1 days. The wettest month is therefore nearly 5 times wetter than the driest one, making Sta. Maria one of the places with the largest seasonal precipitation variety in all of Switzerland, only behind Samedan in the neighbouring Engadin valley.{{cite web | url =https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/SMM/climsheet_SMM_np8110_d.pdf | title =Klimanormwerte Sta. Maria, Val Müstair}}

{{Weather box

|location = Sta. Maria, Val Müstair, elevation {{convert|1386|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 0.5

| Feb high C = 2.4

| Mar high C = 6.6

| Apr high C = 10.7

| May high C = 15.2

| Jun high C = 19.5

| Jul high C = 21.2

| Aug high C = 20.5

| Sep high C = 15.9

| Oct high C = 11.0

| Nov high C = 5.0

| Dec high C = 1.1

| year high C = 10.8

| Jan mean C = -2.6

| Feb mean C = -1.6

| Mar mean C = 1.9

| Apr mean C = 5.8

| May mean C = 10.1

| Jun mean C = 13.9

| Jul mean C = 15.6

| Aug mean C = 15.1

| Sep mean C = 10.9

| Oct mean C = 6.6

| Nov mean C = 1.7

| Dec mean C = -1.9

| year mean C = 6.3

| Jan low C = -5.6

| Feb low C = -5.4

| Mar low C = -2.1

| Apr low C = 1.3

| May low C = 5.4

| Jun low C = 8.8

| Jul low C = 10.6

| Aug low C = 10.4

| Sep low C = 6.9

| Oct low C = 3.3

| Nov low C = -1.1

| Dec low C = -4.6

| year low C = 2.3

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 27.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 25.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 32.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 47.1

|May precipitation mm = 59.7

|Jun precipitation mm = 92.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 98.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 109.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 79.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 88.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 70.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 36.6

|year precipitation mm = 766.7

| Jan snow cm = 40.3

| Feb snow cm = 37.2

| Mar snow cm = 28.2

| Apr snow cm = 14.6

| May snow cm = 1.7

| Jun snow cm = 0.1

| Jul snow cm = 0.0

| Aug snow cm = 0.0

| Sep snow cm = 0.1

| Oct snow cm = 7.5

| Nov snow cm = 28.9

| Dec snow cm = 42.2

| year snow cm = 200.8

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 4.8

| Feb precipitation days = 5.1

| Mar precipitation days = 5.5

| Apr precipitation days = 7.0

| May precipitation days = 9.2

| Jun precipitation days = 10.8

| Jul precipitation days = 11.6

| Aug precipitation days = 11.0

| Sep precipitation days = 8.1

| Oct precipitation days = 8.5

| Nov precipitation days = 7.9

| Dec precipitation days = 6.1

| year precipitation days = 95.6

|unit snow days = 1.0 cm

| Jan snow days = 7.0

| Feb snow days = 7.0

| Mar snow days = 4.8

| Apr snow days = 2.8

| May snow days = 0.3

| Jun snow days = 0.0

| Jul snow days = 0.0

| Aug snow days = 0.0

| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 1.2

| Nov snow days = 4.8

| Dec snow days = 7.1

| year snow days = 35.0

| Jan humidity = 66

| Feb humidity = 62

| Mar humidity = 62

| Apr humidity = 63

| May humidity = 65

| Jun humidity = 65

| Jul humidity = 65

| Aug humidity = 71

| Sep humidity = 73

| Oct humidity = 75

| Nov humidity = 73

| Dec humidity = 68

| year humidity = 67

| source 1 = NOAA{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241213081335/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/StaMariaValMuestair_06796.csv

| archive-date = 13 December 2024

| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/StaMariaValMuestair_06796.csv

| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020

| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 13 December 2024}}

|source 2 = MeteoSwiss{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/SMM/climsheet_SMM_np9120_e.pdf

| title = Climate Normals Sta. Maria, Val Müstair (Reference period 1991−2020)

| publisher = Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss

| access-date = 29 January 2022}}

|date=September 2021}}

• Dario Cologna, cross-country skier

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