Sumvitg

Sumvitg
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Location of Sumvitg
Coordinates: 46°43′N 8°56′E / 46.717°N 8.933°E / 46.717; 8.933Coordinates: 46°43′N 8°56′E / 46.717°N 8.933°E / 46.717; 8.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Surselva
Area
• Total	101.88 km2 (39.34 sq mi)
Elevation	1,056 m (3,465 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,218
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Postal code	7175
SFOS number	3985
Localities	North of the Rhine: Cumpadials, Clavadi, Sumvitg, Siltginas, Sogn Benedetg, Runs, Luven, Rabius, Tschuppina. South of the Rhine: Pardomat-Dado, Foppas, Falens, Laus, Reits, Giachentrina, Surrein, Val, Tenigerbad
Surrounded by	Disentis/Mustér, Linthal (Canton of Glarus), Trun, Obersaxen, Lumbrein, Vrin and Medel (Lucmagn)
Website	www.sumvitg.ch SFSO statistics

Sumvitg (Romansh pronunciation: [sumvitɕ]) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Sumvitg is first mentioned in 1175 as in Summovico.

Sumvitg has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 101.8 km² (39.3 sq mi). Of this area, 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (47.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Disentis sub-district of the Surselva district, after 2017 it was part of the Surselva Region. It covers both sides of the Vorderrhein valley and the Val Sumvitg. It consists of the village of Sumvitg and the hamlets of Surrein, Rabius, Laus and Compadials as well as numerous farm houses. Until 1986 Sumvitg was known by its German name as Somvix.

Lag da Laus (Laus lake) is located above the hamlet of Laus.

Sumvitg has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,218. As of 2008^[update], 4.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -7.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks Romansh(88.0%), with German being second most common (10.0%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. The age distribution in Sumvitg is; 192 children or 14.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 142 teenagers or 10.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 84 people or 6.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 202 people or 15.4% are between 30 and 39, 143 people or 10.9% are between 40 and 49, and 160 people or 12.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 168 people or 12.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 149 people or 11.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 59 people or 4.5% who are between 80 and 89 there are 14 people or 1.1% who are between 90 and 99.