Lostallo
Encyclopedia
Lostallo is a municipality
in the district of Moesa
in the Swiss
canton
of Graubünden
.
The municipality is located in the Mesocco sub-district of the Moesa district on the right bank of the Moesa
river. It consists of the village of Lostallo and the hamlets
of Cabbiolo to the north and Sorte to the south.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The age distribution, , in Lostallo is; 80 children or 12.2% of the population are between 0 to 9 years old. 32 teenagers or 4.9% are 10 to 14, and 26 teenagers or 4.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 89 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 to 29 years old. 115 people or 17.5% are 30 to 39, 91 people or 13.9% are 40 to 49, and 90 people or 13.7% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 71 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 to 69 years old, 45 people or 6.9% are 70 to 79, there are 15 people or 2.3% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 0.3% who are 90 to 99.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SP
which received 35.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(26.2%), the SVP
(23.8%) and the CVP
(14.3%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lostallo about 70.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
).
Lostallo has an unemployment rate of 2.25%. , there were 49 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 50 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 18 businesses in this sector. 45 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the district of Moesa
Moesa (district)
Moesa District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of and has a population of . The official language is Italian.It consists of three Kreise and seventeen municipalities:...
in the Swiss
Switzerland
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canton
Cantons of Switzerland
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of Graubünden
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...
.
Geography
Lostallo has an area, , of 50.9 km² (19.7 sq mi). Of this area, 6.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 59% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (32.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located in the Mesocco sub-district of the Moesa district on the right bank of the Moesa
Moesa
The Moesa is a 47 km river, a tributary of the Ticino, which flows through the Swiss cantons of Graubünden and Ticino.It rises in Val Vignun near the San Bernardino Pass and descends, along with the A13 motorway, through the Val Mesolcina towards Roveredo, where it receives the rivers Calancasca...
river. It consists of the village of Lostallo and the hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Cabbiolo to the north and Sorte to the south.
Demographics
Lostallo has a population (as of ) of . , 11.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5%. Most of the population speaks Italian (81.4%), with German being second most common (13.4%) and Portuguese being third ( 2.0%)., the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The age distribution, , in Lostallo is; 80 children or 12.2% of the population are between 0 to 9 years old. 32 teenagers or 4.9% are 10 to 14, and 26 teenagers or 4.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 89 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 to 29 years old. 115 people or 17.5% are 30 to 39, 91 people or 13.9% are 40 to 49, and 90 people or 13.7% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 71 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 to 69 years old, 45 people or 6.9% are 70 to 79, there are 15 people or 2.3% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 0.3% who are 90 to 99.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 35.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(26.2%), the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(23.8%) and the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(14.3%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lostallo about 70.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
).
Lostallo has an unemployment rate of 2.25%. , there were 49 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 50 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 18 businesses in this sector. 45 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1802 | 212 |
| 1850 | 363 |
| 1900 | 372 |
| 1950 | 424 |
| 2000 | 656 |