Says was a

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 district of Landquart in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2008 the municipality was incorporated into neighboring

Trimmis Trimmis is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Landquart Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. History Trimmis is first mentioned in 765 as ''Tremine''. In 768 it was mentioned as ''Tremu ...

History

Says is first mentioned in 1222 as ''in Seians''. In 1258 it was mentioned as ''Seyes''.

Geography

Says has an area, , of . Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The village is located in the Fünf Dörfer sub-district of the Landquart district. It is located on a terrace above the ''Churer Rheintal'' (

Chur '' Chur (locally) or ; ; ; ; ; ; or ; , and . is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, town of the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons and lies in the Alpine Rhine, Grisonian Rhine Valley, where ...

branch of the

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river). It consists of the sections of Valtanna, Untersays and Obersays. In 1880 the municipality separated from

to become an independent municipality.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009 However, in 2008 Says merged back into Trimmis.

Demographics

Says has a population () of 158, of which 2.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (99.3%), with the rest speaking Romansh (0.7%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 15-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Says is; 12 children or 7.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 21 teenagers or 13.7% are 10 to 14, and 13 teenagers or 8.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 14 people or 9.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 14 people or 9.2% are 30 to 39, 40 people or 26.1% are 40 to 49, and 11 people or 7.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 6.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 12 people or 7.8% are 70 to 79, there are 5 people or 3.3% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (27.2%), the local, small right-wing parties (13%) and the FDP (8.7%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Says about 81.9% 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 ...

''). Says has an unemployment rate of 0.1%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. Two people are employed in the

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and there are 2 businesses in this sector. Seven 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 3 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official Web site
{{authority control Trimmis Former municipalities of Graubünden Villages in Graubünden