Lüen

Geschichte

Lüen is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Lüen, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.HistoryLüen is first mentioned in 1084 as Leune.GeographyBefore the merger, Lüen had a total area of 3.5km2. Of this area, 37% is used for agricultural purposes, while 52.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The former municipality is located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Lüen on the north face of the mid-Schanfigg.In Lüen is the Lüen-Castiel railway station, on the Chur-Arosa railway line, which also serves Castiel.DemographicsLüen had a population of 84., 10.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -15.6%. Most of the population speaks German, with English being second most common and Dutch being third .