Fläsch is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
History Fläsch is first mentioned in 831 as Villa Flasce. Painter Anna Barbara Bansi was a native of the town.Profile at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
In 1949, the Ellhorn mountain owned by the Balzers municipality in Liechtenstein was ceded to Switzerland and became a part of Fläsch in exchange for the territory on the neighboring Mälsner Allmein mountain and Fläscher Riet marsh.
Geography Fläsch has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (18.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Maienfeld sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It is the most northerly municipality in the canton of the Grisons. Fläsch is located at the foot of the Fläscherberg and St. Luzisteig mountains.
Demographics
Fläsch has a population (as of ) of . , 4.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.2%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 16-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 Fläsch is; 79 children or 14.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 37 teenagers or 6.9% are 10 to 14, and 29 teenagers or 5.4% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 44 people or 8.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 121 people or 22.6% are 30 to 39, 83 people or 15.5% are 40 to 49, and 63 people or 11.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 8.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 21 people or 3.9% are 70 to 79, there are 11 people or 2.1% who are 80 to 89, and there are 4 people or 0.7% 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 36.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.2%), the SP (24.7%) and the CVP (9.3%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Fläsch about 83.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Fläsch has an unemployment rate of 0.28%. , there were 87 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 43 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: year population 1850 441 1900 383 1950 393 1970 317 2000 535
Languages Most of the population () speaks German (97.0%), with Portuguese being second most common (1.3%) and Romansh being third (0.7%). While the village was Romansh speaking in the Early Middle Ages, by the 14th Century Alemanni immigrants had Germanized the valley.
+ Languages in Fläsch Languages Census 1980 Census 1990 Census 2000 Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent German 339 97.41% 400 96.39% 519 97.01%Romansh 5 1.44% 2 0.48% 4 0.75%Population 348 100% 415 100% 535 100%
Heritage sites of national significance
The Festung Luziensteig, the Kleine Schanze fortifications and watch tower Letzi Grafenberg are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 21.11.2008 version, accessed 16-Oct-2009
References
External links Official Web site