Zizers

Zizers is first mentioned in 824 as Zizuris.{{HDS|1603|Zizers}} Of note, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria-Hungary, died in Lower Castle Zizers where she had long resided.

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Zizers has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of {{Swiss area|3947|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|3947|QUELLE}} Of this area, about 39.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 8.4% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of {{convert|76|ha|acre|abbr=on}} or about 6.9% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of {{convert|25|ha|acre|abbr=on}} over the 1985 amount. Of the agricultural land, {{convert|56|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is used for orchards and vineyards and {{convert|402|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is fields and grasslands. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by {{convert|37|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by {{convert|5|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Rivers and lakes cover {{convert|35|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in the municipality.{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung.gnpdetail.2016-0436.html |title=Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen |date=24 November 2016 |website=www.landuse-stat.admin.ch |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date=27 December 2016}}[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.2422865.html Regionalporträts 2017: Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{in lang|de}} accessed 18 May 2017

Before 2017, the municipality was the capital of the sub-district of Fünf Dörfer in the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It is located on the most important road through the Rhine river valley.

Until 1854 Mastrils was part of Zizers. In 1913 the enclaves of Oberzollbruck (population in 1910, 30), Russhof (population 91) and Untere Mühle (population 8) became part of Igis.

Zizers has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-GR}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-GR|3947}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-GR}} {{as of|2015}}, 14.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 5 years (2010-2015) the population has changed at a rate of 5.36%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2015, was 10.5, while the death rate was 6.9 per thousand residents.

{{as of|2015}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.7% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.6%. In 2015 there were 1,427 single residents, 1,525 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 170 widows or widowers and 239 divorced residents.[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort] {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 September 2016

In 2015 there were 1,427 private households in Zizers with an average household size of 2.32 persons. In 2015 about 59.5% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is greater than the percentage in the canton (49.4%) and about the same as the percentage nationally (57.4%).[https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/12396_11973_175_169/20440.html Statistical Atlas of Switzerland - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2015] accessed 18 May 2017 Of the 680 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 60.6% were single family homes and 21.8% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 15.4% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 16.9% were built between 1991 and 2000.[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 5 May 2016 In 2014 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 15.96. The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2016|alt=in 2016}}, was 0.38%.

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (88.7%), with Italian being second most common (3.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.0%).[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 15 October 2009

The historical population is given in the following chart:[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 April 2016

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Both the Upper Castle Zizers with gardens and the Lower Castle Zizers (known as Johannesstift) with its gardens are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142322/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html |date=May 1, 2009 }} 21.11.2008 version, {{in lang|de}} accessed 15-Oct-2009

In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 34.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the BDP (18.6%), the SP (16.4%) and the CVP (12.2%). In the federal election, a total of 969 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.0%.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html |publisher= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |title=Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden|language= de| trans-title= National council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality| access-date= 18 July 2016}}

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (20%), the CVP (18.6%) and the FDP (18.5%).

In Zizers about 72.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Zizers is a periurbane community. The municipality is part of the regional center of Landquart.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/querschnittsthemen/raeumliche-analysen/raeumliche-gliederungen/analyseregionen.assetdetail.335600.html|title=Die Raumgliederungen der Schweiz 2016 |publisher= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, en |date=17 February 2016 |access-date= 14 December 2016}}

{{as of|2014|In 2014}}, there were a total of 997 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 71 people worked in 23 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 280 workers in 41 separate businesses. A minority (45.0%) of the secondary sector employees worked in very small businesses (less than 10 employees). There were 4 small businesses (11-50 employees) with a total of 92 employees and one mid sized business with a total of 62 employees. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 646 jobs in 146 businesses. There were 8 small businesses with a total of 258 employees.[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.331681.html Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse] accessed 31 October 2016

In 2015 a total of 16.% of the population received social assistance. In 2011 the unemployment rate in the municipality was 1.8%.{{cite web|url=https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/map/mapIdOnly/0_de.html |title=Arbeitslosenquote 2011 |website= Statistical Atlas of Switzerland |publisher= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date=4 May 2017}}

In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making {{CHF|link=yes|80,000}} was 3.5% while the rate for a single person making {{CHF|150,000}} was 15%, both of which are close to the average for the canton and nationally. In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was {{CHF|77,285}} and the per person average was {{CHF|33,050}}, which is greater than the cantonal averages of {{CHF|69,964}} but about the same as the per person amount of {{CHF|33,075}}. In contrast, the national tax payer average is {{CHF|82,682}}, while the per person average is {{CHF|35,825}}.{{cite web|url= https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/12307_3080_104_70/20321.html |title= 18 - Öffentliche Finanzen > Steuern |website= Swiss Atlas|publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date= 26 April 2017}}

The municipality has a railway station, {{rws|Zizers}}, on the Landquart–Thusis line. It has regular service to {{rws|Disentis/Mustér}}, {{rws|Scuol-Tarasp}}, {{rws|Rhäzüns}}, and {{rws|Schiers}}.

From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 1,286 or 43.1% are Roman Catholic, while 1,303 or 43.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 12 individuals (or about 0.40% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 66 individuals (or about 2.21% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 112 (or about 3.75% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 13 individuals (or about 0.44% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 131 (or about 4.39% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 65 individuals (or about 2.18% of the population) did not answer the question.[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

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{{Commons category|Zizers}}

• [http://www.zizers.ch Official Web site]
• {{HDS|1603|rm=3032}}

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