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Former municipality of Switzerland
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Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Viamala
Area
• Total	43.95 km2 (16.97 sq mi)
Elevation	1,585 m (5,200 ft)
Population  (December 2019)
• Total	52
• Density	1.183/km2 (3.064/sq mi)
Postal code	7433
Surrounded by	Donat, Mathon, Rongellen, Thusis, Tschappina, Urmein, Zillis-Reischen

Lohn (Romansh: Lon) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of Muntogna da Schons.

History

Lohn is first mentioned in mid-12th Century as Laune and Lune. In 1219 it was mentioned as de Laone.

Geography

Lohn had an area, as of 2006^[update], of 8.1 km² (3.1 sq mi). Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Before 2017, the former municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located at an elevation of 1,582 m (5,190 ft) on the upper Schamserberg.

Demographics

Lohn had a population (as of 2019) of 52. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.7%.

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 44.0% male and 56.0% female. The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Lohn is; 5 people or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 9 people or 18.0% are 10 to 14, and people or 0.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 1 person or 2.0% of the population is between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 10.0% are 30 to 39, 9 people or 18.0% are 40 to 49, and 1 person or 2.0% is 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 10 people or 20.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 20.0% are 70 to 79.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.9%), the SPS (21.8%) and the CVP (4.2%).

In Lohn about 82.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Lohn has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005^[update], there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following graph:

Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks Rhaeto-Romance (52.0%) and the rest speak German (48.0%).