Mutten ''( Romansh: Mut'') is a former

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' ...

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 ...

in the canton of Graubünden in

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. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Mutten merged into the municipality of

Thusis Thusis (, '' Romansh: Tusàn'') is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Mutten merged into the municipality of Thusis. History Thusis is first mentioned in 1156 as ...

History

Mutten is first mentioned in 1363 as ''unz uff die Mutten'' though this identification is debated. In 1549 it was mentioned as ''Hans ab Mutten''.

Geography

Before the merger, Mutten had an area, , of . Of this area, 29.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 60.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Alvaschein sub-district of the Albula district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016
accessed 16 February 2017 It is a three level settlement located to the south of the Schin Gorge (''Schinschlucht''). It consists of the village of Unter-Mutten (occupied year round and at an elevation of ), the middle village of Stafel () and the upper or Ober-Mutten ().

Demographics

Mutten had a population (as of 2015) of 72. , 2.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.8%), with a small Romansh minority (1.3%).
accessed 25-Sep-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 57.3% male and 42.7% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Mutten is; 9 people or 11.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 5 people or 6.3% are 10 to 14, and 6 people or 7.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 2 people or 2.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 7 people or 8.8% are 30 to 39, 13 people or 16.3% are 40 to 49, and 15 people or 18.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 7.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 11 people or 13.8% are 70 to 79, there are 5 people or 6.3% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person or 1.3% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 67.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.7%), the CVP (9.3%) and the FDP (7.9%). In Mutten about 66.7% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education 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 ...

''). Mutten has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 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 are businesses in this sector. 4 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 2 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Thusis Former municipalities of Graubünden