Almens

Almens

Almens ( [ alməns ]; Romansh pastures [( d) ɐlmɛn ] ) is a village and a municipality in the district of the district Domleschg Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Coat of Arms and Name

Blazon: In Gold (Yellow) a grafted or budded root green apple tree with three red fruits ( for a seal of the municipality ).

The place name is in a copy of the 16th century, a certificate from the first half of the 9th century called ( de Lemenne ), in 1156 he appeareth as lumins, 1222 as Luminnes, 1329 as Alminze ( with agglutinated preposition and failure of the vowel in the following syllable). He could go back to the pre-Roman personal name Lumenno / Lumenus.

Geography

Almens is a scattered village on a slightly inclined terrace above the right side of the Rhine River in the background Domleschg. Of the total area of 836 ha community are 380 ha of forest, 283 ha of agricultural land (mostly Alpsässen ), 159 ha of unproductive area (mostly mountains) and 14 ha settlement area.

Almens borders Churwalden, Fuerstenau, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels, Scharans, Trans and Vaz / Obervaz.

Population

By 1870, the population rose sharply, then stagnated for a decade - and then went to 1910 due to emigration in the industrial areas was recorded ( from 1880 to 1910: -23.5 %). But she reached in 1941 due to a resistant sustained growth almost matched the mark of 1880 From 1950 to 1970 was followed by a second wave of migration that was even stronger than the first. ( 1950-1970: -47 %). By the year 2000, the population grew again. Reasons for this are the relative proximity to the lowlands, the engine, commuter movement instead of steady migration and the urge of the urban population according to a residence in the countryside. Currently, the number of inhabitants has stagnated at just over 200 residents.

Languages

Originally, the village belonged to the Romansh language area. Hundred years ago, the language changes to German was held back. While in 1888 66% were still talking Romanesque, there were in 1920 only 44 %. Today the church is almost monolingual German.

Religions - faiths

Almens belonged to the so-called mixed communities, where part of the population remained Catholic and part is joined the Reformed doctrine. Today ( as of 2000) there is 68 % Evangelical Protestant and 19 % Roman Catholics. A further 10% of the population are non-denominational today. 2% of the population did not answer to their creed.

Origin and nationality

End of 2005, the municipality had 223 inhabitants. Of these, 219 were Swiss nationals and four immigrants. At the last census the population was 210 Swiss citizens - including eleven persons with dual citizenship. The few immigrants come from Germany, Italy, Belgium and Portugal.

Policy

Mayor Andreas Wespi (as of 2010 ).

Attractions

Monumental are the Catholic parish church of St. Andrew and the Evangelical Reformed church.

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