Valzeina

Valzeina is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a former municipality in the political district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011 Fanas and Valzeina were merged with the municipality of Grüsch.

Valzeina is first mentioned in 1367 as Valtzennas.^[1]

Valzeina has an area, as of 2006, of 11.4 km² (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 40.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[2]

The municipality is located in the Seewis sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district. It consists of scattered settlements in Vorder-Valzeina, Hinter-Valzeina and Sigg (on the right side of the valley). The municipalities of Grüsch and Valzeina are considering a merger on 1 January 2010 into a new municipality that will be known as Grüsch.^[3]

Valzeina has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 139.^[4]As of 2008, 3.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.^[5] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.1%), with Romansh being second most common ( 1.4%) and Italian being third ( 0.7%).^[2]

As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 56.0% male and 44.0% female.^[6] The age distribution, as of 2000, in Valzeina is; 24 children or 17.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 18 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 9.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 29 people or 20.7% are between 30 and 39, 15 people or 10.7% are between 40 and 49, and 14 people or 10.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 8.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 9 people or 6.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 5 people or 3.6% who are between 80 and 89 there is 1 person who is between 90 and 99.^[5]

En las elecciones federales de 2007, el partido más votado fue el SP , que obtuvo el 39,2% de los votos. Los siguientes tres partidos más votados fueron el SVP (35,9%), el FDP (9,9%) y los pequeños partidos locales de derecha (6,6%). ^{[ 2 ]}

En general, toda la población suiza tiene un buen nivel educativo. En Valzeina, alrededor del 67,2 % de la población (entre 25 y 64 años) ha completado la educación secundaria superior no obligatoria o estudios superiores adicionales (ya sea universitarios o en una Fachhochschule ). ^{[ 2 ]}

Valzeina tiene una tasa de desempleo del 1,03%. A partir de 2005Había 37 personas empleadas en el sector económico primario y alrededor de 17 empresas involucradas en este sector. 4 personas están empleadas en el sector secundario y hay 1 empresa en este sector. 6 personas están empleadas en el sector terciario , con 3 empresas en este sector. ^{[ 2 ]}

La población histórica se muestra en la siguiente tabla: ^{[ 1 ]}

Christoph Signer: Die Walsergemeinde Valzeina. Anthropogeographische Aspekte Valzeinas. Diplomarbeit, Universität Zurich. Zúrich 1980.

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