Английская Википедия:Flums
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Swiss town
Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
It is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called Flumserberg.
History
Flums is first mentioned in 765 as Flumini.[1]
Geography
Шаблон:As of, Flums has an area of Шаблон:Convert, of which 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, 32.2% forested, 3.9% settled (buildings or roads), and 12.1% non-productive (rivers or lakes).[2]
The municipality is located in the Sarganserland Wahlkreis. Until 2002 it was the capital of the Sargans district. In terms of area, it is the third largest municipality in the canton. Flums covers an area from the Schils valley to the border with the Canton of Glarus, part of the Flumserberge, part of the Seez valley, and the western slope of the Alvier chain. It consists of the village sections of Flums-Dorf, Grossberg, and Kleinberg.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Trierced per fess Or, Sable and Argent.[3]
Demographics
As of Шаблон:Swiss populations date, Flums has a population of Шаблон:Swiss populations.Шаблон:Swiss populations ref In 2007, about 23.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population Шаблон:As of, 20 were from Germany, 126 from Italy, 688 from ex-Yugoslavia, 14 from Austria, 46 from Turkey, and 77 from other countries.[4] Over the last 10 yearsШаблон:When the population has decreased at a rate of -0.3%. Шаблон:As of, most of the population speaks German (86.9%), with Albanian being second most common (8.1%) and Italian being third (1.5%).[2] Шаблон:As of, of the Swiss national languages, 4,242 speak German, 9 speak French, 75 speak Italian, and 4 speak Romansh.[5]
The age distribution in Flums is Шаблон:As of; 691 children or 14.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old; 740 teenagers or 15.2% are between 10 and 19; 584 people or 12.0% are between 20 and 29 years old; 752 people or 15.4% are between 30 and 39; 629 people or 12.9% are between 40 and 49; 572 people or 11.7% are between 50 and 59; 395 people or 8.1% are between 60 and 69 years old; 332 people or 6.8% are between 70 and 79; 163 people or 3.3% are between 80 and 89; and 24 people or 0.5% are between 90 and 99.[5]
Шаблон:As of there were 493 persons (or 10.1% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 822 (or 16.8%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 3,099 (or 63.5%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 220 (or 4.5%) people who lived in a single parent home, while there were 60 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 29 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 18 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 141 who were either institutionalized or lived in another type of collective housing.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.1%), the SP (10.9%), and the FDP (8.1%).[2]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flums about 57.1% of the population between age 25-64 have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[2] Out of the total population in Flums, Шаблон:As of, the highest education level completed by 1,372 people (28.1% of the population) was Primary, while 1,465 (30.0%) have completed Secondary, 298 (6.1%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 274 (5.6%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.[5]
The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
year | population |
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1739 | 1,864 |
1850 | 2,577 |
1900 | 3,567 |
1950 | 4,833 |
1970 | 4,474 |
2000 | 4,882 |
Heritage sites of national significance
The Gräpplang Castle (a prehistoric hilltop settlement and a ruined medieval castle), the Chapel of St. Jakob, and the catholic Church of St. Justus are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.[6]
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Floorplan of Castle Gräpplang
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View of the castle ruins
Transportation
Шаблон:See also The municipality is located on the A3 motorway.
Economy
Шаблон:As of, Flums had an unemployment rate of 1.04%. Шаблон:As of, there were 339 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 152 businesses involved in this sector. 996 people were employed in the secondary sector with 65 businesses. 861 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 149 businesses.[2] Шаблон:As of the average unemployment rate was 3.9%.[7] There were 354 businesses in the municipality of which 68 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 147 were involved in the third.[8] Шаблон:As of there were 1,403 residents who worked in the municipality, while 945 residents worked outside Flums and 664 people commuted into the municipality for work.[9]
Religion
From the Шаблон:As of, 3,480 or 71.3% are Roman Catholic, while 380 or 7.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith, 92 individuals (or about 1.88% of the population) who belonged to the Orthodox Church, and 30 individuals (or about 0.61% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 614 (or about 12.58% of the population) who were Islamic, 5 individuals (or about 0.10% of the population) who belonged to another church not listed on the census, 139 (or about 2.85% of the population) belonged to no church and were agnostic or atheist, and 137 individuals (or about 2.81% of the population) did not answer the question.[5]
Notable people
- Paul Kutter (1863–1937) was one of Luxembourg City's early photographers, born in Flums
References
Шаблон:Commons category Шаблон:Reflist
Шаблон:Municipalities of the district of Sarganserland Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:HDS
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Шаблон:Webarchive accessed 6 January 2010
- ↑ Flags of the World.com Шаблон:Webarchive accessed 6 January 2010
- ↑ Der Kanton St. Gallen und seine Menschen in Zahlen - Ausgabe 2009 Шаблон:In lang accessed 30 December 2009
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 Canton St. Gallen Statistics-Hauptergebnisse der Volkszählung 2000: Regionen- und Gemeindevergleich-Personen Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang accessed 30 December 2009
- ↑ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Шаблон:Webarchive 21.11.2008 version, Шаблон:In lang accessed 06-Jan-2010
- ↑ St Gallen Canton statistics-Unemployment Шаблон:In lang accessed 30 December 2009
- ↑ St Gallen Canton statistics-Businesses Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang accessed 31 December 2009
- ↑ St Gallen Canton statistics-Commuters Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang accessed 31 December 2009
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