Ferrera

Ferrera
Coat of arms
Ferrera
Location of Ferrera
Coordinates: 46°33′N 9°26′E / 46.550°N 9.433°ECoordinates: 46°33′N 9°26′E / 46.550°N 9.433°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Hinterrhein
Area[1]
• Total	75.45 km^2 (29.13 sq mi)
Elevation	1,316 m (4,318 ft)
Population (Dec 2015[2])
• Total	84
• Density	1.1/km^2 (2.9/sq mi)
Postal code	7444
SFOS number	3713
Localities	Innerferrera, Ausserferrera
Surrounded by	Andeer, Avers, Madesimo (IT-SO), Mulegns, Piuro (IT-SO), Pignia, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Sufers
Website	www.ferrera.ch SFSO statistics

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.

Innerferrera

Ausserferrera

Historical population

The combined historical population of the two municipalities is given in the following table:^[3][4]

year	population
1808	167
1850	273
1900	162
1950	145
1960	405^a
2000	96

^a 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	79	69.30%	75	75.76%	90	91.84%
Romansh	33	28.95%	21	21.21%	1	1.02%
Italian	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	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%

Languages in Innerferrera
Languages	Census of 1980		Census of 1990		Census of 2000
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
German	50	78.13%	47	92.16%	46	94.0%
Romansh	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 1,238 mm (48.7 in) 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.^[5]

References

1. Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
2. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (German) accessed 30 August 2016
3. Ausserferrera in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
4. Innerferrera in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
5. "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the weather station elevation is 1475 meters above sea level.

External links

• Official Web site
• Media related to Ferrera at Wikimedia Commons
• Jürg Simonett: Ausserferrera in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2005-02-11.
• Jürg Simonett: Innerferrera in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2007-01-19.