Ferrera
Encyclopedia
Ferrera is a municipality
in the district of Hinterrhein
in the Grisons, Switzerland
. It was formed on 1 January 2008 through the merger of Innerferrera
and Ausserferrera
. Geographically, it covers the entire Val Ferrera
valley.
. The wettest month is August during which time Innerferrera receives an average of 158 mm (6.2 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.3, but with only 141 mm (5.6 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 44 mm (1.7 in) of precipitation over 12.2 days.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Hinterrhein
Hinterrhein (district)
Hinterrhein District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of and has a population of .Hinterrhein District consists of five Kreise and twenty-eight municipalities...
in the Grisons, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It was formed on 1 January 2008 through the merger of Innerferrera
Innerferrera
Innerferrera is a village in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. An independent municipality before, it merged on January 1, 2008 with neighboring Ausserferrera to form the municipality of Ferrera.-Geography:...
and Ausserferrera
Ausserferrera
Ausserferrera is a village in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. An independent municipality before, it merged on January 1, 2008 with neighboring Innerferrera to form the municipality of Ferrera.-History:...
. Geographically, it covers the entire Val Ferrera
Val Ferrera
The Ferrera Valley is a valley is the Swiss canton of Graubünden between Shams and Avers. It is 10 km long and is drained by the Avers Rhine. The only villages in the valley are Innerferrera and Ausserferrera. Administratively, the municipality of Ferrera coincides with the valley.In the Early...
valley.
Historical population
The combined historical population of the two municipalities is given in the following table:| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1808 | 167 |
| 1850 | 273 |
| 1900 | 162 |
| 1950 | 145 |
| 1960 | 405 |
| 2000 | 96 |
- Population increase due to construction of the dam at Valle di Lei
Languages
| Languages in Ferrera | ||||||
| Languages | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
79 | 69.30 % | 75 | 75.76 % | 90 | 91.84 % |
| Romansh | 33 | 28.95 % | 21 | 21.21 % | 1 | 1.02 % |
| Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
0 | 0.00 % | 2 | 2.02 % | 3 | 3.37 % |
| Population | 114 | 100 % | 99 | 100 % | 98 | 100 % |
| Languages in Ausserferrera | ||||||
| Languages | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
29 | 58.00 % | 28 | 58.33 % | 44 | 93.62 % |
| Romansh | 19 | 38.00 % | 17 | 35.42 % | 1 | 2.13 % |
| Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
0 | 0.00 % | 2 | 4.17 % | 1 | 2.13 % |
| Population | 50 | 100 % | 48 | 100 % | 47 | 100 % |
| Languages in Innerferrera | ||||||
| Languages | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
50 | 78.13 % | 47 | 92.16 % | 46 | 94.0 % |
| Romanish | 14 | 21.88 % | 4 | 7.84 % | 2 | 6.0 % |
| Population | 64 | 100 % | 51 | 100 % | 49 | 100 % |
Weather
Innerferrera village in Ferrera has an average of 118.2 days of rain per year and on average receives 1238 mm (48.7 in) of precipitationPrecipitation (meteorology)
In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation...
. The wettest month is August during which time Innerferrera receives an average of 158 mm (6.2 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.2 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.3, but with only 141 mm (5.6 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 44 mm (1.7 in) of precipitation over 12.2 days.