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Interior of the Albinen village church. From the 2000 census, 220 or 84.3% were Roman Catholic, while 28 or 10.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. 8 (or about 3.07% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 5 individuals (or about 1.92% of the population) did not answer the question. [9]
The Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 (German: Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10, French: Détachement de reconnaissance de l'armée 10, Italian: Distaccamento d'esplorazione dell'esercito 10) [1] is a special forces unit of the Swiss Army responsible for conducting counter-terrorist activities in Switzerland and abroad.
This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Valais from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality and contains 58 individual buildings, 16 collections, 15 archaeological finds and 2 other, special sites or objects.
As Venice continues to trial its entry fee for day trippers, a popular village in the Swiss Alps is looking to follow its lead. Swiss village overwhelmed by tourists wants to charge visitors for entry
Ordinance on the Federal Inventory of Swiss Sites Worth Protecting / Verordnung über das Bundesinventar der schützenswerten Ortsbilder der Schweiz (VISOS) / Ordonnance concernant l'inventaire fédéral des sites construits à protéger en Suisse (OISOS) / Ordinanza riguardante l'inventario degli insediamenti svizzeri da proteggere (OISOS) of 1981-09-09, SR/RS 451.12 (E·D·F·I), art. pp1 (E ...
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Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.2%. [4] As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. [7] The age distribution, as of 2000, in Domat/Ems is; 675 people or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 394 people or 6.2% are 10 to 14, and 432 people or 6.8% are 15 ...
By the 12th century, the village was an economic center for the Bishop of Chur. The Lords of Brienz were first mentioned as the owners of a fortified tower in the village in 1259. The tower fell in ruin and was demolished in 1880. Until 1851, the village was part of the Herrschaft of Belfort. Between 1869 and 1883, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava ...