Tschiertschen

Geschichte

Tschiertschen is a village in the municipality of Tschiertschen-Praden in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.The formerly independent municipality merged with Praden to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.HistoryTschiertschen is first mentioned around the end of the 8th Century as in Cercene.GeographyTschiertschen has an area, of 21.4km2. Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The village is located in the Churwalden sub-district of the Plessur district on the mountain slopes above the left side of the Schanfigger valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Tschiertschen at an elevation of 1351m. It merged with Praden to form Tschiertschen-Praden on January 1, 2009.DemographicsTschiertschen has a population of 208, of which 13.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -12.8%. Most of the population speaks German (96.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 0.9%)., the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The age distribution, in Tschiertschen is; 12 children or 5.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 25 teenagers or 11.1% are 10 to 14, and 12 teenagers or 5.3% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 22 people or 9.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 26 people or 11.6% are 30 to 39, 40 people or 17.8% are 40 to 49, and 37 people or 16.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 22 people or 9.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 20 people or 8.9% are 70 to 79, there are 9 people or 4.0% who are 80 to 89.