Urmein

Urmein
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Urmein
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Coordinates: 46°41′N 9°26′E / 46.683°N 9.433°E / 46.683; 9.433
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Viamala
Area [1]
• Total	4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Elevation	1,264 m (4,147 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	154
• Density	36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7427
SFOS number	3670
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Surrounded by	Flerden, Lohn, Masein, Thusis, Tschappina
Website	https://www.urmein.ch/ SFSO statistics

Urmein (Romansh: Urmagn) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Urmein is first mentioned in 1156 as Hof de Ormen.^[3]

Urmein has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 4.4 km² (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 46.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[4]

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.^[5] It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Urmein in the inner Heinzenberg mountains at an elevation of 1,264 m (4,147 ft).

Urmein has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 150.^[6] As of 2008^[update], 3.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.8%.^[4]

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 45.9% male and 54.1% female.^[7] The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Urmein is; 1 child or 1.2% of the population is between 0 and 9 years old. 2 children or 2.5% are 10 to 14, and 3 children or 3.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 14 people or 17.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 6 people or 7.4% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 11.1% are 40 to 49, and 18 people or 22.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 17.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 12.3% are 70 to 79, there are 4 people or 4.9% who are 80 to 89.^[8]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 66.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (13.2%), the SPS (12.9%) and the local, small right-wing parties (4.2%).^[4]

In Urmein 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).^[4]

Urmein has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005^[update], there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. No one is employed in the secondary sector. 7 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.^[4]

The historical population is given in the following table:^[3]

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (98.8%), with the rest speaking Polish ( 1.2%).^[4]

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