Casti-Wergenstein

Geschichte

Casti-Wergenstein or Casti-Vargistagn is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.HistoryCasti-Wergenstein was created in 1923 through the union of the formerly independent municipalities of Casti and Wergenstein.Casti is first mentioned in 1204 as ad Castellum. Wergenstein is first mentioned in 1219 as Vergasteno.GeographyCasti-Wergenstein has an area, of. Of this area, about 50.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled and 40.2% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of 7ha or about 0.3% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 2ha over the 1984/85 amount. Of the agricultural land, 78ha is fields and grasslands and 1224ha consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1984/85 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 40ha. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 44ha. Rivers and lakes cover 24ha in the municipality.Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.DemographicsCasti-Wergenstein has a population of., 7.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 5 years (2010-2015) the population has changed at a rate of -10.34%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2015, was 19.4, while the death rate was 0.0 per thousand residents., children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 67.3% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.4%. In 2015 there were 24 single residents, 26 people who were married or in a civil partnership, widows or widowers and 2 divorced residents.