Peist is a former

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in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in

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. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Peist, Calfreisen, Castiel,

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, Lüen,

Molinis Molinis is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Molinis, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the ...

and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of

Arosa Arosa is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort. On 1 January 2013, the former mu ...

.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 9 February 2013

History

Peist is first mentioned in 1084 as ''de Paiste''.

Geography

Before the merger, Peist had a total area of . Of this area, 57% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The former municipality is located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district. It consists of the

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of Peist on the northern slope of the mid-Schanfigg. Nearby is the Peist railway station, on the Chur-Arosa railway line.

Demographics

Peist had a population (as of 2010) of 209.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 11 February 2013 , 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.4%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 3.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.3%). , the distribution of the sexes in the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Peist is; 41 children or 17.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 27 teenagers or 11.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 15 people or 6.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 43 people or 18.8% are between 30 and 39, 23 people or 10.0% are between 40 and 49, and 21 people or 9.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 35 people or 15.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 17 people or 7.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 7 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (24.8%), the FDP (11.1%) and the CVP (7.2%). In Peist about 69.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Peist has an unemployment rate of 2.54%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 39 people are employed in the

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and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 8 people are employed in the

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, with 5 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

* {{Authority control Arosa Former municipalities of Graubünden