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Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Viamala
Area
• Total	34.62 km2 (13.37 sq mi)
Elevation	1,430 m (4,690 ft)
Population  (Dec 2020 )
• Total	146
• Density	4.217/km2 (10.92/sq mi)
Postal code	7434
Surrounded by	Andeer, Casti-Wergenstein, Ferrera, Madesimo (IT-SO), Safien, Splügen

Sufers (Romansh: Sur) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

History

Sufers is first mentioned in 831 as Subere.

Geography

Sufers on Sufnersee

Sufers has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 34.6 km² (13.4 sq mi). Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald 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).

A dam on the Hinterrhein river was built in 1962 and forms the reservoir Sufnersee.

Demographics

Sufers has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 146. As of 2008^[update], 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.6%.

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Sufers is; 14 people or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 11 people or 9.6% are 10 to 14, and 4 people or 3.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 11 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 18 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 10 people or 8.7% are 40 to 49, and 17 people or 14.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 12 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 8.7% are 70 to 79, there are 8 people or 7.0% who are 80 to 89.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (19.3%) and the CVP (2.1%).

In Sufers about 77.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Sufers has an unemployment rate of 0.29%. As of 2005^[update], there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 27 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (91.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Romansh being third ( 3.5%).