Fideris

Geschichte

Fideris is a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.HistoryFideris is first mentioned in 1370 as Fidris.GeographyFideris has an area, of. Of this area, about 58.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled and 9.4% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of 33ha or about 1.3% of the total area was covered with buildings. Of the agricultural land, is fields and grasslands and consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by. Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality.Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Jenaz sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district, after 2017 it was part of the Prättigau/Davos Region. It is a cross shaped linear village which lies on the Prättigau-Schanfigg route. It consists of the village of Fideris which is made up of the sections of Strahlegg and Fideris-Au.DemographicsFideris has a population of., 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of -4.24%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2014, was 8.5, while the death rate was 5.1 per thousand residents., children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 60.3% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.3%. In 2015 there were 259 single residents, 270 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 42 widows or widowers and 29 divorced residents.