Mulegns

Mulegns
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Mulegns
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Coordinates: 46°31′N 9°37′E / 46.517°N 9.617°E / 46.517; 9.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Albula
Area
• Total	33.79 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Elevation	1,481 m (4,859 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	26
• Density	0.77/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7455
SFOS number	3534
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Surrounded by	Avers, Bivio, Ferrera, Marmorera, Riom-Parsonz, Savognin, Sur, Tinizong-Rona
Website	surses.ch/RM/surses/vischnancas/mulegns.html SFSO statistics

Mulegns is a village and a former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.^[1]

Around 600-500 BC, a copper mine and smelter were built in the Val Faller (Faller valley) near modern Mulegns. The village was founded by a Walser group during the 15th Century. It was first mentioned in 1521.^[2]

Mulegns had an area, as of 2006^[update], of 33.8 km² (13.1 sq mi). Of this area, 30.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (59.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[3]

The former municipality is located in the Surses sub-district of the Albula district. It is along the road to the Julier Pass (the Julienstrasse) at the entrance to a side valley of the Val Faller. Until 1943 Mulegns was known as Mühlen.^[4]

Mulegns had a population (as of 2014) of 25. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -23.5%.^[3]

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.^[5] The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Mulegns is; 3 people or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 1 person or 3.0% is 10 to 14, and 2 people or 6.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, no one is between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 18.2% are 30 to 39, 1 person or 3.0% is 40 to 49, and 5 people or 15.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 24.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 6 people or 18.2% are 70 to 79, there is 1 person or 3.0% who is 80 to 89.^[6]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 63.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SVP (20%) and the FDP (8.3%).^[3]

In Mulegns about 62.5% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).^[3]

Mulegns has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. As of 2005^[update], there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 1 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 businesses in this sector.^[3]

The historical population is given in the following table:^[2][5]

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (57.6%), with the rest speaking German(42.4%).^[3]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mulegns.

• Mulegns in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.