Malans (Grisons)

Geschichte

Malans is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.HistoryMalans is first mentioned about 840 as in villa Mellanze. In 956 it was mentioned as Malanz.GeographyMalans has an area, of 11.4km2. Of this area, 39.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is the capital of the Maienfeld sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It lies along the old Rhine valley road and the road over the Fadärastein pass into the Prättigau valley.DemographicsMalans has a population of., 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16%. Most of the population speaks German (94.9%), with Romansh being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%)., the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. The age distribution, in Malans is; 281 children or 14.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 127 teenagers or 6.7% are 10 to 14, and 106 teenagers or 5.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 187 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 391 people or 20.5% are 30 to 39, 248 people or 13.0% are 40 to 49, and 229 people or 12.0% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 146 people or 7.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 140 people or 7.3% are 70 to 79, there are 42 people or 2.2% who are 80 to 89, and there are 11 people or 0.6% who are 90 to 99.