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Former municipality in Graubünden, Switzerland

Fanas
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Fanas
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Coordinates: 46°59′N 9°39′E / 46.983°N 9.650°E / 46.983; 9.650
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Prättigau/Davos
Government
• Mayor	Hans Ulrich Gansner
Area
• Total	21.84 km2 (8.43 sq mi)
Elevation	907 m (2,976 ft)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	401
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7215
SFOS number	3971
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Surrounded by	Grüsch, Schiers, Seewis im Prättigau
Website	www.fanas.ch SFSO statistics

Fanas is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a former municipality in the political district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011 Fanas and Valzeina were merged with the municipality of Grüsch.

Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Fanas is first mentioned in second half of the 12th Century as Phanaunes.[1]

Fanas has an area, as of 2006[update], of 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi). Of this area, 45% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (17.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2]

The municipality is located in the Seewis sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district on a terrace between Grüsch and Schiers. It consists of the linear village of Fanas.

Fanas has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 401.[3] As of 2008[update], 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[4] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%.[2]

As of 2000[update], the gender distribution of the population was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.[5] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Fanas is; 47 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 39 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 48 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 62 people or 16.4% are between 40 and 49, and 55 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 38 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 32 people or 8.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89 there is 1 person who is between 90 and 99.[4]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.4%), the SP (19.9%) and the CVP (6.2%).[2]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Fanas about 75.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[2]

Fanas has an unemployment rate of 0.94%. As of 2005[update], there were 34 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 26 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 28 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.[2]

The historical population is given in the following table:[1]

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (98.1%), with French being second most common ( 0.8%) and Swedish being third ( 0.5%).[2] Originally the village spoke Romansh, but by the mid 16th Century the majority spoke German.

Languages in Fanas

1. ^ a b Fanas in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
2. ^ a b c d e f Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived September 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine accessed 30-Oct-2009
3. ^ Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB[_permanent dead link_] Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (in German) accessed 10 December 2011
4. ^ a b Graubunden Population Statistics Archived August 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009
5. ^ Graubunden in Numbers Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009

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