Maladers

Maladers
Fields outside Maladers village
Coat of arms
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Location of Maladers
Coordinates: 46°50′N 9°33′E / 46.833°N 9.550°E / 46.833; 9.550Coordinates: 46°50′N 9°33′E / 46.833°N 9.550°E / 46.833; 9.550
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Plessur
Area
• Total	7.59 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Elevation	1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	506
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Postal code	7026
SFOS number	3926
Surrounded by	Calfreisen, Churwalden, Chur, Praden, Trimmis
Website	http://www.maladers.ch SFSO statistics

Maladers is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Maladers is first mentioned in 1156 as de Maladru.

Maladers has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 7.6 km² (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 27.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 65.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district at the entrance to the Schanfiggs valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Maladers and the hamlets of Sax and Brandacker.

Maladers has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 506. As of 2008^[update], 5.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.5%), with Romansh being second most common ( 2.2%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%).

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Maladers is; 41 children or 8.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 67 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 70 people or 13.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 78 people or 15.4% are between 30 and 39, 82 people or 16.2% are between 40 and 49, and 72 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 39 people or 7.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 31 people or 6.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 25 people or 4.9% who are between 80 and 89 there is 1 person who is between 90 and 99.