Sobrio
Encyclopedia
Sobrio is a municipality
in the district of Leventina
in the canton
of Ticino
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. Out of the forested land, 64.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.1% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is used for alpine pastures. Of the unproductive areas, 6.4% is unproductive vegetation and 4.4% is too rocky for vegetation.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules a cat sejant guardant Argent. The cat on the flag of Sobrio comes from the nickname given to the inhabitants of this municipality."
Most of the population speaks Italian
(79.7%), with German
being second most common (18.9%) and French
being third ( 1.4%). Of the Swiss national languages , 14 speak German, 1 person speaks French, 59 people speak Italian.
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The population was made up of 42 Swiss men (51.9% of the population) and 39 Swiss women (48.1%). In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. There was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.7%.
The age distribution, , in Sobrio is; 10 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 7 teenagers or 8.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 11.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3 people or 3.7% are between 30 and 39, 8 people or 9.9% are between 40 and 49, and 16 people or 19.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 7.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 12.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 12 people or 14.8% who are over 80.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.48 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.6 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 71.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 38 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. there were 236 single family homes (or 94.8% of the total) out of a total of 249 inhabited buildings. There were 7 two family buildings (2.8%) and 2 multi-family buildings (0.8%). There were also 4 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. there were 260 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 80. There were 22 single room apartments and 59 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 38 apartments (14.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 221 apartments (85.0%) were seasonally occupied and 1 apartments (0.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following table:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 30.43% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(21.74%), the SP
(17.75%) and the Ticino League
(13.77%). In the federal election, a total of 35 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 56.5%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 58 registered voters in Sobrio, of which 45 or 77.6% voted. 1 blank ballot was cast, leaving 44 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD
+GenGiova which received 17 or 38.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT
(with 9 or 20.5%), the SSI (with 7 or 15.9%) and the LEGA
(with 4 or 9.1%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, The most popular party was the PPD which received 16 or 35.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the SSI (with 11 or 24.4%), the PLRT (with 10 or 22.2%) and the LEGA (with 3 or 6.7%).
, there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 12 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 58.3% used a private car. , there was one hotel in Sobrio.
. There are 10 individuals (or about 13.51% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and
).
In Sobrio there were a total of 13 students . The Ticino education system
provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten
and in Sobrio there were 3 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 2 students attended the standard primary schools and 0 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two year middle school followed by a two year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four year program to prepare for higher education. There were 5 students in the two year middle school.
The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 0 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 2 who attend part-time.
The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program.
, there were 1 students in Sobrio who came from another municipality, while 8 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Leventina
Leventina (district)
The district of Leventina is one of the eight districts of the largely Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The capital of the district is Faido but the largest town is Airolo at the beginning or at the end of the valley....
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Ticino
Ticino
Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Geography
Sobrio has an area, , of 6.37 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi). Of this area, 0.62 km² (0.239383338327372 sq mi) or 9.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.47 km² (1.7 sq mi) or 70.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km² (0.077220431718507 sq mi) or 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.69 km² (0.266410489428849 sq mi) or 10.8% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. Out of the forested land, 64.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.1% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is used for alpine pastures. Of the unproductive areas, 6.4% is unproductive vegetation and 4.4% is too rocky for vegetation.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Gules a cat sejant guardant Argent. The cat on the flag of Sobrio comes from the nickname given to the inhabitants of this municipality."
Demographics
Sobrio has a population of . , 2.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 3.8%.Most of the population speaks Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
(79.7%), with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
being second most common (18.9%) and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
being third ( 1.4%). Of the Swiss national languages , 14 speak German, 1 person speaks French, 59 people speak Italian.
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The population was made up of 42 Swiss men (51.9% of the population) and 39 Swiss women (48.1%). In there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. There was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 3.7%.
The age distribution, , in Sobrio is; 10 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 7 teenagers or 8.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 9 people or 11.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3 people or 3.7% are between 30 and 39, 8 people or 9.9% are between 40 and 49, and 16 people or 19.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 7.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 12.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 12 people or 14.8% who are over 80.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.48 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.6 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 71.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 38 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. there were 236 single family homes (or 94.8% of the total) out of a total of 249 inhabited buildings. There were 7 two family buildings (2.8%) and 2 multi-family buildings (0.8%). There were also 4 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. there were 260 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 80. There were 22 single room apartments and 59 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 38 apartments (14.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 221 apartments (85.0%) were seasonally occupied and 1 apartments (0.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 98 |
| 1960 | 69 |
| 1970 | 61 |
| 1980 | 84 |
| 1990 | 78 |
| 2000 | 74 |
Sights
The entire village of Sobrio-Ronzano is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage SitesInventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss 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 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...
which received 30.43% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(21.74%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(17.75%) and the Ticino League
Ticino League
The Ticino League is an isolationist, national conservative political party in Switzerland active in the canton of Ticino.In 1991, after some public campaigning in the Sunday journal Mattino della Domenica against political power and use of public money, the editor Giuliano Bignasca and the...
(13.77%). In the federal election, a total of 35 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 56.5%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 58 registered voters in Sobrio, of which 45 or 77.6% voted. 1 blank ballot was cast, leaving 44 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD
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...
+GenGiova which received 17 or 38.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(with 9 or 20.5%), the SSI (with 7 or 15.9%) and the LEGA
Ticino League
The Ticino League is an isolationist, national conservative political party in Switzerland active in the canton of Ticino.In 1991, after some public campaigning in the Sunday journal Mattino della Domenica against political power and use of public money, the editor Giuliano Bignasca and the...
(with 4 or 9.1%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, The most popular party was the PPD which received 16 or 35.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the SSI (with 11 or 24.4%), the PLRT (with 10 or 22.2%) and the LEGA (with 3 or 6.7%).
Economy
, Sobrio had an unemployment rate of 1%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. people were employed in the secondary sector and there were businesses in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector. There were 24 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 33.3% of the workforce., there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 12 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 58.3% used a private car. , there was one hotel in Sobrio.
Religion
From the , 57 or 77.0% were Roman Catholic, while 7 or 9.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. There are 10 individuals (or about 13.51% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and
Education
In Sobrio about 81.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
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...
).
In Sobrio there were a total of 13 students . The Ticino education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
and in Sobrio there were 3 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 2 students attended the standard primary schools and 0 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two year middle school followed by a two year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four year program to prepare for higher education. There were 5 students in the two year middle school.
The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 0 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 2 who attend part-time.
The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program.
, there were 1 students in Sobrio who came from another municipality, while 8 residents attended schools outside the municipality.