Lumbrein

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Lumbrein

Location of Lumbrein

Coordinates: 46°41′N 9°8′E / 46.683°N 9.133°ECoordinates: 46°41′N 9°8′E / 46.683°N 9.133°E

Country

Area

• Total

37.86 km² (14.62 sq mi)

Elevation

1,405 m (4,610 ft)

Population (Dec 2011)

• Total

363

• Density

9.6/km² (25/sq mi)

Postal code

7148

SFOS number

3595

Surrounded by

Obersaxen, Sankt Martin, Sumvitg, Vals, Vignogn, Vrin

Website

www.lumbrein.ch
SFSO statistics

Lumbrein is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia.

The Crestaulta hill near the hamlet of Surin was occupied since at least the early Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1700/1600 BC). However, Lumbrein is first mentioned about 850 as in villa Lamarine though this comes from a 16th Century copy of an earlier and now lost document. In 1231 it was mentioned as de Lumarins.

Lumbrein had an area, as of 2006^[update], of 37.8 km² (14.6 sq mi). Of this area, 47.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (27.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The former municipality is located in the Lugnez sub-district of the Surselva district, though until 2000 it was part of the Glenner district. It is located in the upper Lugnez valley. It consists of the village of Lumbrein (at an elevation of 1,405 m (4,610 ft) and the hamlets of St. Andriu, Nussaus on the road to Vrin and on the other side of the Glenner, Surin, Pruastg and Silgin (about 1,245 m (4,085 ft) elevation). In 1750 the villages of Molina and Curtinatsch left Lumbrein and in 1900 Farglix left.

The municipal coat of arms is Vert a Pale wavy Argent.

Lumbrein had a population (as of 2011) of 363. As of 2008^[update], 2.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -11.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks Romansh (89.5%), with German being second most common ( 8.3%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.8%).

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