Thusis (, '' Romansh: Tusàn'') is a

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in the

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in the

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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 ''Tosana''. The town was devastated by more than 10 fires and after the one of 1845, it had to be rebuilt.

Geography

Thusis has an area, , of . Of this area, 18% is used for agricultural purposes, while 58.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is the capital of the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein 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 the center of the Hinterrhein valley and is located at the

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of the Hinterrhein and Nolla rivers. Thusis is also at the end of the Viamala canyon. It consists of the village of Thusis and, since 1875, includes Übernolla.

Demographics

Thusis has a population (as of ) of . , 23.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.7%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 08-Oct-2009 In the town, the Swiss German dialect is predominant.''Heimatbuch Thusis, Viamala (1973), p.27'' Only 5% speak the local Romansh. The germanization is assumed to have begun in the 15th century, with people from the southern parts of Germany and the Wallis. , the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Thusis is; 304 people or 11.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 142 people or 5.2% are 10 to 14, and 141 people or 5.2% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 354 people or 13.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 460 people or 16.9% are 30 to 39, 402 people or 14.8% are 40 to 49, and 333 people or 12.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 255 people or 9.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 195 people or 7.2% are 70 to 79, there are 104 people or 3.8% who are 80 to 89, and there are 27 people or 1.0% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 Thusis has an unemployment rate of 1.65%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 525 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 36 businesses in this sector. 1,325 people are employed in the

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, with 190 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (27.2%), the FDP (24.8%) and the CVP (15.1%).

Education

In Thusis about 63.5% 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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'').

Religion

From the , 1,085 or 39.9% are

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, while 1,096 or 40.3% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 134 individuals (or about 4.93% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 46 individuals (or about 1.69% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are less than 5 individuals who are

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, and 96 (or about 3.53% of the population) who are

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

ic. There are 64 individuals (or about 2.36% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 101 (or about 3.72% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

, and 95 individuals (or about 3.50% of the population) did not answer the question.

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (the local

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , ,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no #Conventions, defined orthography for any of them, many different spellings can be found. and others; ) is any of the Alemannic German, Alemannic ...

dialect is known as ''Thusnerdeutsch'') (77.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Italian being third ( 4.7%).

Weather

Thusis has an average of 101.6 days of rain per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is August during which time Thusis receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 10.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is June, with an average of 10.7, but with only of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 10.7 days., the weather station elevation is 672 meters above sea level.

Transportation

Located a short distance to the southwest of

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 ...

, Thusis is accessible using the A13 Autobahn (Junctions 20 and 21). The

Rhaetian Railway The Rhaetian Railway (; ; ), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB operates all the railway lines of the Cantons of Switzerland, ...

operates services to the Thusis railway station.

Notable people

* Anton Aberle (1876 – 1953 in Thusis) a German–Swiss architect *

Luzius Rüedi Luzius Rüedi (12 June 1900 – 19 July 1993) was a Swiss ice hockey player who won a bronze medal in the 1928 Winter Olympics. He was born in Thusis, Switzerland and died in Zürich, Switzerland. Rüedi was a member of the Switzerland nati ...

(1900 in Thusis – 1993) a Swiss ice hockey player who won a bronze medal in the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

* Lisa Rüedi (born 2000 in Thusis) a Swiss ice hockey player and two-time Olympian

References

External links

Official website
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