Tschiertschen-Praden

Geschichte

Tschiertschen-Praden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the Grisons, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Praden and Tschiertschen.GeographyTschiertschen has a combined area, of 27.8km2.Before 2017, the municipality was 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 and the linear villages of Inner- and Usserpraden at an elevation of 1100m and 1250m respectively.DemographicsTschiertschen-Praden has a population of.The combined historical population is given in the following table:WeatherTschiertschen has an average of 123.9 days of rain per year and on average receives 1095mm of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Tschiertschen receives an average of 140mm of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is June, with an average of 13.1, but with only 128mm of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 61mm of precipitation over 12.7 days.