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Trimmis is 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 Landquart Region in the
Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internati ...
canton of Graubünden.


History

Trimmis is first mentioned in 765 as ''Tremine''. In 768 it was mentioned as ''Tremune''.


Geography

Trimmis has an area, , of . Of this area, 34.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Until 2017, the municipality was located in the Fünf Dörfer sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it is part of the Landquart Region. The municipality is located near the
Rhine River ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...
about north of the cantonal capital of
Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Lux ...
. It consists of the village of Trimmis and the hamlets of Letsch and Talein and since 2008 the former municipality of
Says Says was a municipality in the district of Landquart in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2008 the municipality was incorporated into neighboring Trimmis. History Says is first mentioned in 1222 as ''in Seians''. In 1258 it was men ...
. In 1880 the Says separated from Trimmis 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

Trimmis has a population (as of ) of . , 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.0%), with Romansh being second most common ( 2.2%) and Italian being third ( 1.4%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 15-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009
The age distribution, , in Trimmis is; 379 children or 13.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 178 teenagers or 6.5% are 10 to 14, and 182 teenagers or 6.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 309 people or 11.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 549 people or 20.2% are 30 to 39, 442 people or 16.2% are 40 to 49, and 343 people or 12.6% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 188 people or 6.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 105 people or 3.9% are 70 to 79, there are 44 people or 1.6% who are 80 to 89, and there are 5 people or 0.2% 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 38.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.5%), the CVP (20.9%) and the FDP (14.3%). In Trimmis about 81% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...
''). Trimmis has an unemployment rate of 1.09%. , there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 491 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 constructio ...
and there are 45 businesses in this sector. 319 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 secon ...
, with 69 businesses in this sector. From the , 1,177 or 43.2% are
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
, while 1,237 or 45.4% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there are 18 individuals (or about 0.66% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 37 individuals (or about 1.36% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 39 (or about 1.43% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 18 individuals (or about 0.66% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 136 (or about 4.99% of the population) belong to no church, are
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficie ...
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 62 individuals (or about 2.28% of the population) did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:


Sights

Trimmis contains two ruined castles, Ober-Ruchenberg Castle and Alt Aspermont Castle File:Alt Aspermont Stich.jpg, Alt Aspermont from an illustration from Daniel Düringer File:Ruchenberg Palas.jpg, Ruins of the Ruchenberg keep


Transportation

The municipality has a railway station, , on the Landquart–Thusis line. It has regular service to , , , and .


References


External links


Official Web site
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