Ausserferrera
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| Ausserferrera | ||||||||||
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| Population | 49 (2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 2 /km² (4 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 31.51 km² (12.2 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,316 m (4,318 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 7444 | |||||||||
| Localities | Cresta | |||||||||
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Ausserferrera (Romansh: Farera) 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.
[edit] Languages
Until 1950, the village was almost completely Romansh-speaking, but today it is almost completely German-speaking.
| Languages in Ausserferrera | ||||||
| Languages | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German | 29 | 58.00 % | 28 | 58.33 % | 44 | 93.62 % |
| Romansh | 19 | 38.00 % | 17 | 35.42 % | 1 | 2.13 % |
| Italian | 0 | 0.00 % | 2 | 4.17 % | 1 | 2.13 % |
| Population | 50 | 100 % | 48 | 100 % | 47 | 100 % |
[edit] External links
- Jürg Simonett: Ausserferrera in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Version of 2005-02-11.
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