Präz ''( Romansh: Preaz)'' was a

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in the district of Hinterrhein in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into the municipality of Cazis.

History

Präz is first mentioned in 1290-98 as ''Pare(t)z''.

Geography

Präz has an area, , of . Of this area, 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 47.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district and is located on the Heinzenberg mountains. It consists of the ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Präz and the

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of Dalin and Raschlinas as well as scattered farm houses. The municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into Cazis.

Demographics

Präz has a population () of 161, of which 5.0% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -20.3%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 7 October 2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Präz is; 29 people or 16.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 13 people or 7.3% are 10 to 14, and 9 people or 5.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 17 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 33 people or 18.5% are 30 to 39, 21 people or 11.8% are 40 to 49, and 22 people or 12.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 15 people or 8.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 6.7% are 70 to 79, there are 5 people or 2.8% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 1.1% 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 48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (24.6%), the FDP (17.3%) and the CVP (9.7%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Präz about 70.5% 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 ...

''). Präz has an unemployment rate of 0.82%. , there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 7 people are employed in the

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

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (95.5%), with Romansh being second most common ( 2.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.6%). The Romansh population speaks the

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 ...

dialect.

References

External links

Official Web site
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