Sils im Domleschg (Graubunden)

Geschichte

Sils im Domleschg is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.HistorySils im Domleschg is first mentioned in 1149 as de Sillas.GeographySils im Domleschg has an area, of. Of this area, about 14.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 70.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled and 6.9% is unproductive land.In the 2004/09 survey a total of 35ha or about 3.8% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 4ha over the 1984/85 amount. Of the agricultural land, 5ha is used for orchards and vineyards, 78ha is fields and grasslands and 64ha consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1984/85 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 7ha. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 11ha. Rivers and lakes cover 11ha in the municipality.Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It is a linear village between the Albula and Hinterrhein rivers. It consists of the village of Sils im Domleschg and the hamlets of Freihof, Campi and Albula.DemographicsSils im Domleschg has a population of., 16.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 a small minority (50 or 5.4% of the population) was born in Portugal. Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of 5.60%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2014, was 11.0, while the death rate was 5.5 per thousand residents.