Fanas

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Fanas

Location of Fanas

Coordinates: 46°59′N 9°39′E / 46.983°N 9.650°ECoordinates: 46°59′N 9°39′E / 46.983°N 9.650°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans Ulrich Gansner

Area

• Total

21.84 km² (8.43 sq mi)

Elevation

907 m (2,976 ft)

Population

• Total

401

• Density

18/km² (48/sq mi)

Postal code

7215

SFOS number

3971

Surrounded by

Grüsch, Schiers, Seewis im Prättigau

Website

www.fanas.ch
SFSO statistics

Fanas is a former municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011 Fanas and Valzeina were merged with the municipality of Grüsch.

Fanas is first mentioned in second half of the 12th Century as Phanaunes.

Fanas has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 21.8 km² (8.4 sq mi). Of this area, 45% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (17.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located in the Seewis sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district on a terrace between Grüsch and Schiers. It consists of the linear village of Fanas.

Fanas has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 401. As of 2008^[update], 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%.

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 47.3% male and 52.7% female. The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Fanas is; 47 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 42 teenagers or 11.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 39 people or 10.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 48 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 62 people or 16.4% are between 40 and 49, and 55 people or 14.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 38 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 32 people or 8.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89 there is 1 person who is between 90 and 99.

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