# Sarn, Switzerland

Sarn was a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged into the municipality of Cazis.

## History

Sarn is first mentioned in 1156 as Sarn.

## Geography

Sarn has an area, as of 2006, of 7.6 km$^2$ (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 78.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Thusis sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) village of Sarn on the Heinzenberg mountains. The municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into the municipality of Cazis.

## Demographics

Sarn has a population (as of 2007) of 142, of which 8.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -15.5%.
As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. The age distribution, as of 2000, in Sarn is; 27 people or 17.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 14 people or 8.8% are 10 to 14, and 9 people or 5.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 5.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 25 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 26 people or 16.4% are 40 to 49, and 16 people or 10.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 18 people or 11.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 14 people or 8.8% are 70 to 79, there are 2 people or 1.3% who are 80 to 89.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.1%), the FDP (18.1%) and the CVP (11.7%).
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Sarn about 71% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Sarn has an unemployment rate of 0%. As of 2005, there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people are employed in the secondary sector and there is 1 business in this sector. 7 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 6 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1850 | 259 |
| 1900 | 150 |
| 1950 | 168 |
| 2000 | 159 |

## Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.9%) and English being third ( 0.6%).
Languages in Sarn :
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Census 2000 |
| Languages | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| German | 115 | 89.15% | 144 | 97.30% | 155 | 97.48% |
| Romanish | 11 | 8.53% | 4 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Italian | 3 | 2.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 1.94% |
| Population | 129 | 100% | 148 | 100% | 159 | 100% |