Flond

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Flond
Flond coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Surselva
Political community : Obersaxen Mundauni2
Postal code : 7137
former BFS no. : 3573
Coordinates : 730 716  /  180923 coordinates: 46 ° 46 '0 "  N , 9 ° 9' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred sixteen  /  180923
Height : 1072  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.12  km²
Residents: 207 (December 31, 2007)
Population density : 98 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.obersaxenmundaun.swiss
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Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2009

Flond ( [flɔn] ? / I ) is a village in the municipality of Obersaxen Mundaun , Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland . Audio file / audio sample

By the end of 2008, Flond formed an independent political municipality . On January 1, 2009, it merged with Surcuolm to form the political municipality of Mundaun , which in turn merged with Obersaxen on January 1, 2016 to form the newly formed municipality of Obersaxen Mundaun.

coat of arms

Description: A red corn box in silver (white) on a green shield base . For Flond there was no usable seal model for the coat of arms, so that the hist characteristic of the place for drying the harvested grain was used as a motif.

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli , 1954

The place is on a terrace on the Obersaxen plateau between the valley floor of the Vorderrhein in the north and the Piz Mundaun . Of the entire community area of ​​209 hectares, 108 hectares are covered by forest and wood. Another 85 hectares are agriculturally usable and 16 hectares are settlement areas.

The former municipality of Flond bordered on Ilanz , Luven , Obersaxen , Rueun and Surcuolm .

population

Population development
year 1850 1860 1900 1910 1941 1950 1980 1990 2000 2004 2007
Residents 196 217 193 160 179 162 111 144 179 205 207

In the second half of the 19th century, with the exception of 1860 and 1870 (upward movement), the population was always around 190. In the first decade of the 20th century there was massive emigration (1900–1910: –17%), which was partially reversed by population growth by 1941. From 1941 to 1980 there was a second wave of emigration (1941–1980: –38%). By expanding tourism, this development could be reversed. Since 1970 the population has increased by 84%.

languages

The population was still monolingual in Romansh (Idiom Sursilvan ) in the 19th century , but has recently succumbed to Germanization. The official language of the earlier community was Romansh.

Traditional drying of hay in front of Flond
built on rock - church Flond 1713
Languages ​​in Flond
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 21st 18.92% 45 31.25% 84 46.93%
Romansh 88 79.28% 78 54.17% 91 50.84%
Residents 111 100% 144 100% 179 100%

In 1990, 12 people named Portuguese as their main language.

Religions - denominations

Flond accepted the reformed doctrine in 1526 . In 2000, 70% of the population were Evangelical Reformed and 22% Roman Catholic Christians. In addition, there were 6% without religious affiliation; 2% of the population did not provide any information about their creed. The reformed parish of Flond is part of the pastoral community Luven / Flond / Pitasch / Duvin.

Origin - nationality

Of the 205 residents at the end of 2004, 199 were Swiss citizens. At the last census, 177 were Swiss, including five dual citizens. Most of the few immigrants came from Denmark.

traffic

Flond is well served by public transport via post bus lines ( Ilanz-St.Martin and Ilanz-Surcuolm ). Between Ilanz and Chur you can use the train, the so-called Glacier Express.

politics

The local council, the executive branch, consisted of five people elected for two years. The last mayor was Peter Inauen.

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reformed parish Flond ; Pastoral community Luven / Flond / Pitasch / Duvin