page_title: Tarasp
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Tarasp / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kirche von Tarasp Fontana, Unterengadin, Schweiz
context_page_description: Tarasp is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin valley along the Inn River, at the foot of the Sesvenna Range. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
  Originally a Romansh language area, the majority of the population today speaks High Alemannic German. Unlike the surrounding municipalities, the Tarasp parish is mainly Catholic.
context_section_description: Tarasp had a population (as of 2014) of 337.  As of 2008, 36.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.9%.  
  As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.  The age distribution, as of 2000, in Tarasp is; 26 children or 7.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old.  37 teenagers or 11.3% are 10 to 14, and 22 teenagers or 6.7% are 15 to 19.  Of the adult population, 30 people or 9.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  42 people or 12.8% are 30 to 39, 53 people or 16.2% are 40 to 49, and 38 people or 11.6% are 50 to 59.  The senior population distribution is 30 people or 9.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 27 people or 8.2% are 70 to 79, there are 21 people or 6.4% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 0.6% who are 90 to 99.
  In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the CVP (34.5%), the SPS (16.3%) and the FDP (5.2%).
  In Tarasp about 66.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
  Tarasp has an unemployment rate of 3.83%.  As of 2005, there were 17 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector.  9 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector.  220 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector.
  The historical population is given in the following table:
caption: Church in Tarasp-Fontana
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