Ausserferrera

Ausserferrera
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Ausserferrera
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Coordinates: 46°33′N 9°26′E / 46.550°N 9.433°E / 46.550; 9.433
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Hinterrhein
Area
• Total	31.51 km2 (12.17 sq mi)
Elevation	1,316 m (4,318 ft)
Population  (December 2007)
• Total	46
• Density	1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7444
SFOS number	3702
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Localities	Cresta
Website

Ausserferrera (Romansh: Farera) is a village in Hinterrhein District in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden. An independent municipality before, it merged on January 1, 2008 with neighboring Innerferrera to form the municipality of Ferrera.

History[edit]

Ausserferrera is first mentioned in the middle 12th century as Farreira. In 1837 it separated from Innerferrera to become an independent municipality.^[1]

Geography[edit]

Ausserferrera has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 31.5 km² (12.2 sq mi). Of this area, 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (49.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[2]

The municipality is located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It is located on the Averser branch of the Rhein. It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Ausserferrera. In 2008 Ausserferrera merged with Innerferrera to form Ferrera.^[3]

Demographics[edit]

Ausserferrera has a population (as of 2007^[update]) of 46, all Swiss. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -24.6%.

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 54.3% male and 45.7% female.^[4] The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Ausserferrera is; 6 people or 12.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. No one is 10 to 19. Of the adult population, 4 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 10.6% are 30 to 39, 2 people or 4.3% are 40 to 49, and 8 people or 17.0% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 12.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 21.3% are 70 to 79, there are 3 people or 6.4% who are 80 to 89, and there are 3 people or 6.4% who are 90 to 99.^[5]

In the 2007 Swiss federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 91.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (8.3%), the CVP (0%) and the CVP (0%).^[2]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ausserferrera about 80% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).^[2]

Ausserferrera has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005^[update], there were 2 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 business involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 9 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.^[2]

The historical population is given in the following table:^[1]

Languages[edit]

Until 1950, the village was almost completely Romansh-speaking, but today it is almost completely German-speaking. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.6%), with French being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 2.1%).^[2]

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ausserferrera.

External links[edit]

• Jürg Simonett: Ausserferrera in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2005-02-11.
• Media related to Ausserferrera at Wikimedia Commons