# Ausserferrera

Ausserferrera (Romansh: Farera) is a village in Hinterrhein District 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.

## History

Ausserferrera is first mentioned in the middle 12th century as Farreira. In 1837 it separated from Innerferrera to become an independent municipality.

## Geography

Ausserferrera has an area, as of 2006, of 31.5 km$^2$ (12.2 sq mi). Of this area, 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (49.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It is located on the Averser branch of the Rhein. It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Ausserferrera. In 2008 Ausserferrera merged with Innerferrera to form Ferrera.

## Demographics

Ausserferrera has a population (as of 2007) of 46, all Swiss. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -24.6%.
As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 54.3% male and 45.7% female. The age distribution, as of 2000, in Ausserferrera is; 6 people or 12.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. No one is 10 to 19. Of the adult population, 4 people or 8.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 10.6% are 30 to 39, 2 people or 4.3% are 40 to 49, and 8 people or 17.0% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 12.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 21.3% are 70 to 79, there are 3 people or 6.4% who are 80 to 89, and there are 3 people or 6.4% who are 90 to 99.
In the 2007 Swiss federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 91.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (8.3%), the CVP (0%) and the CVP (0%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ausserferrera about 80% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Ausserferrera has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005, there were 2 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 business involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 9 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1808 | 110 |
| 1850 | 167 |
| 1900 | 107 |
| 1910 | 75 |
| 1950 | 78 |
| 1960 | 219 |

## Languages

Until 1950, the village was almost completely Romansh-speaking, but today it is almost completely German-speaking. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.6%), with French being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 2.1%).
Languages in Ausserferrera :
| Languages | Census of 1980 | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | Census of 2000 |
| Languages | 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% |