Feldis/Veulden is a village in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Domleschg Domleschg is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.

in the

Viamala Region Viamala Region is one of the eleven regions of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, Franc ...

of the

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canton of Graubünden. Formerly its own municipality, Feldis merged with surrounding municipalities in 2009 to form the municipality of

Tomils Tomils is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Fel ...

and again in 2015 to form the municipality of Domleschg.

History

Feldis/Veulden is first mentioned around 1290-98 as ''Felden''.

Geography

Feldis/Veulden has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Domleschg district. It is a '' Haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) on a terrace at an elevation of on the eastern side of the '' Hinterrhein'' valley. Until 1943 Feldis/Veulden was known as Feldis.

Demographics

Feldis/Veulden has a population () of 140, of which 8.6% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.7%. , the gender distribution of the population was 42.9% male and 57.1% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Feldis/Veulden is; 14 people or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 16 people or 12.4% are 10 to 14, and 6 people or 4.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 6 people or 4.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 9 people or 7.0% are 30 to 39, 32 people or 24.8% are 40 to 49, and 13 people or 10.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 12.4% are 70 to 79, there are 4 people or 3.1% who are 80 to 89, and there are 1 people or 0.8% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 41.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (36.5%), the FDP (15.3%) and the CVP (5.2%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Feldis/Veulden about 80.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...

or additional higher education (either University or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). Feldis/Veulden has an unemployment rate of 0.66%. , there were 16 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there is 1 business in this sector. 31 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 9 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Historically Romansch in the dialect of

Sutsilvan Sutsilvan ( Rumantsch Grischun: ''sutsilvan''; Vallader: ''suotsilvan''; Putèr: ''suotsilvaun''; derived from ''sut'' "below" and ''selva'' "forest") is a dialect of the Romansh language spoken in Domleschg, Heinzenberg, Schams, and Val Ferr ...

was the primary language spoken in Feldis. However, since 1900, there has been a rapid shift from Romansch to German. Today, the municipality is predominantly German-speaking, with a small Romansh minority. , 85.3% of the population speaks German, with Romansh being second most common (14.0%) and French being third ( 0.8%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 02-Oct-2009

References

External links

Official Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Feldis Veulden Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland Former municipalities of Graubünden Domleschg