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| Coordinates:46°48′N10°17′E / 46.800°N 10.283°E /46.800; 10.283 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Graubünden |
| District | Inn |
| Area | |
• Total | 438.63 km2 (169.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,290 m (4,230 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 4,591 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7550 |
| SFOS number | 3762 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-GR |
| Surrounded by | Ftan,Mals (IT-BZ),Sent,Tarasp,Tschierv,Taufers im Münstertal (IT-BZ),Valchava |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Scuol (Romansh:[ˈʃkuɔ̯l]ⓘ) is amunicipality in theEngiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in theSwisscanton ofGrisons. The official language in Scuol isRomansh. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities ofArdez,Guarda,Tarasp,Ftan andSent merged into Scuol.[3]
The official name has undergone several changes in the 20th century:
Scuol is first mentioned in 1095 asSchulles. At the end of the 11th and in the 12th century, the lords ofTarasp owned extensive estates in Scuol. In 1095/1096 their family founded a Marian monastery in Scuol and endowed it richly. In 1150 the monastery was moved toMarienberg in theVinschgau valley. In 1178Pope Alexander III confirmed all of the monastery's possessions in Scuol, including the church.
The village was destroyed in theSwabian War of 1499; in 1516 Bernardo da Poschiavo built a new church. Circa 1533 Scuol becameProtestant. In 1621/1622 the village was devastated by Austrian troops; in 1652 it bought its freedom from Austria.
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From circa 1860 onwards, the healing springs of Scuol were used on a larger scale and the time of spa tourism began. During the following decades, the bath house and numerous hotels were built between the two old parts of the village. The opening of theBever–Scuol line of theRhaetian Railway in 1913 stimulated further growth.
With the advent of winter sports in the middle of the 20th century, the second era of tourism in Scuol began. After thegondola lift to Motta Naluns (1956), numerouschairlifts andsurface lifts were constructed. The spa tradition was revived in 1993 with the opening of theBogn Engiadina ("Engadine bath"), including the first Roman-Irish bath in Switzerland.[4]
TheNeo-Renaissance style GrandHotel Waldhaus Vulpera in Scuol-Tarasp withSgraffito-Elements was opened on 8 June 1897. It was one of the first addresses in theSwiss Alps and a majorBelle Époque monument in Europe.
After the 2015 merger Scuol had an area of 438.63 km2 (169.36 sq mi).[5] Before the merger Scuol had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 144.14 square kilometers (55.65 sq mi). Of this area, about 26.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 46.1% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 37 ha (91 acres) and the agricultural land has decreased by 146 ha (360 acres).[6]
The whole southern face towards Piz Champatsch on 2,785 meters (9,137 ft) is being used as a skiing area called "Motta Naluns", named after a place north of Scuol. The resort has 80 kilometers of slopes and 12 lifts (aerial cableway/ chair lifts / drag lifts).
Before 2017 it was the municipality is the capital of theInn district and was located in the Suot Tasna sub-district, after 2017 it was part of the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region. It is a well knownspa town and vacation spot and is the business center of theUnterengadin valley. It is the largest village on the left side of theInn river. It consists of the village of Scuol with the sectionPradella and the old mining village ofS-charl. Until 1970 Scuol was known as Scuol/Schuls.[7]
The God da Tamangur ("the forest back there") is the highest continuous stone pine (pinus cembra) forest in Europe, right at the furthest end of the Val S-charl, south of Scuol. The forest nature reserve covers an area of about 84 ha (210 acres) at up to 2,400 m (7,900 ft) in elevation. Due to the altitude and weather, the trees grow very slowly and may live up to 700 years.[8]
Scuol has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 4,624.[9] As of 2008[update], 23.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[10] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.4%.[11]
As of 2000[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.[12] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Scuol is; 220 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 106 teenagers or 5.0% are 10 to 14, and 139 teenagers or 6.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 248 people or 11.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 334 people or 15.7% are 30 to 39, 306 people or 14.4% are 40 to 49, and 278 people or 13.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 201 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 154 people or 7.3% are 70 to 79, there are 115 people or 5.4% who are 80 to 89, and there are 21 people or 1.0% who are 90 to 99.[10]
In 2013 there were 1,073 private households in Scuol. Of the 694 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 41.6% were single family homes and 36.6% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 36.5% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 11.4% were built between 1991 and 2000.[13] In 2012 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 20.57. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2014[update], was 2.48%.[6]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[14]
Half of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Romansh (49.4%), with German being second most common (39.2%) and Italian being third ( 3.9%).[11] Scuol is host to a branch of theLia Rumantscha.
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | |||
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Romansh | 1130 | 64.79% | 1087 | 57.54% | 1049 | 49.43% |
| German | 484 | 27.75% | 651 | 34.46% | 831 | 39.16% |
| Italian | 76 | 4.36% | 77 | 4.08% | 82 | 3.86% |
| Population | 1744 | 100% | 1889 | 100% | 2122 | 100% |
As of 2012[update], there were a total of 2,240 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 39 people worked in 13 businesses in theprimary economic sector. Thesecondary sector employed 394 workers in 33 separate businesses. Finally, thetertiary sector provided 1,807 jobs in 265 businesses. In 2013 a total of 20.6% of the population received social assistance.[6]
In the2011 federal election the most popular party was the BDP with 43.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSVP (20.1%), theSP (15.1%) and theFDP (10.3%). In the federal election, a total of 666 votes were cast, and thevoter turnout was 46.0%.[15]
In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in theSwiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Scuol was 41.3 per thousand residents. This rate is only 63.9% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 8.5 per thousand residents and the rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws was 0.9 per thousand.[16]
In Scuol about 69.7% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatoryupper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or aFachhochschule).[11]
The municipality has four railway stations:Scuol-Tarasp,Ftan Baraigla,Ardez, andGuarda. All four are located on theBever–Scuol-Tarasp line with regular service toDisentis/Mustér andPontresina.
There is one small regional hospital, calledOspidal Engiadina Bassa (Romansh: Hospital of the Lower Engadin). The hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary on 21 June 2008. It is one of the country's smallest hospitals, offering basic services such as departments ofsurgery,internal medicine,cardiology,dermatology,oncology,gynecology, a 24-hourEmergency Department, and a 2-bedintensive care unit. Understandably for a mountain resort with a major ski region,orthopedic procedures are very common.
TheBaselgia refurmada, theChasa Wieland Nr. 29 and theKurhaus Bad Tarasp (spa Bad Tarasp) in Scuol, theChasté (a prehistoric site, a medieval fortress and a church) and theDoppelwohnhaus (Double-house) in Ardez,Tarasp Castle and theTrinkhalle (drinking hall) in Tarasp are all listed as Swissheritage sites of national significance.[17]
TheChastè site includes settlements from the lateBronze Age (Melauner culture) into the earlyIron Age (Fritzens-Sanzeno culture) as well as some finds from theRoman Empire.
The Chasa Wieland Nr.29 in Scuol village was built around a three-story medieval stone tower. It was likely built by one of a few Graubünden noble families. The tower may have been damaged when Scuol was destroyed in 1499 during theSwabian War, but if so it was quickly repaired. During theBündner Wirren, in 1622, Scuol and the tower were burned. Soon thereafter a farmhouse was built over the ruins, incorporating the 1 m (3.3 ft) thick walls. Some of the doorways are from the tower, while new windows had to be broken into the walls. The date 1753 was carved into thelintel. The walls still show the Pietra Rasa construction, where themortar that holds the rough stones together is also used as a plaster to them. After plastering with mortar, lines are incised into the mortar to give the appearance of regular bricks or stones.[18]
Due to its geographical positioning, being located in the depth of a valley, Scuol features awarm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: "Dfb") with moderate summers and chilly winters, which is usually accompanied with occasional snowfall. Despite seeing an average low of −8º in its coldest month, the winters here are not as cold as the towns upstream (such asSt. Moritz). The town sees an average of 94.5 days of rain per year and on average receives 708 mm (27.9 in) ofprecipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Scuol receives an average of 109 mm (4.3 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.8 days. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 27 mm (1.1 in) of precipitation over 4.9 days.[19]
| Climate data for Scuol, elevation 1,304 m (4,278 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 12.2 (54.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.3 (24.3) | −2.7 (27.1) | 1.8 (35.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.5 (43.7) | 0.9 (33.6) | −3.3 (26.1) | 5.9 (42.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) | −7.3 (18.9) | −3.5 (25.7) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | 1.8 (35.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | −6.7 (19.9) | 0.8 (33.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 37.7 (1.48) | 27.4 (1.08) | 34.5 (1.36) | 34.8 (1.37) | 52.8 (2.08) | 80.5 (3.17) | 88.4 (3.48) | 108.7 (4.28) | 65.3 (2.57) | 68.8 (2.71) | 62.8 (2.47) | 46.6 (1.83) | 708.3 (27.89) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 50.7 (20.0) | 39.3 (15.5) | 20.1 (7.9) | 6.5 (2.6) | 0.6 (0.2) | 0.2 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.1) | 5.9 (2.3) | 23.5 (9.3) | 48.7 (19.2) | 195.7 (77.0) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 94.5 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 1.0 cm) | 7.8 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 32.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 69 | 63 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 70 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 97.6 | 115.9 | 161.6 | 170.3 | 176.0 | 189.7 | 213.6 | 195.4 | 164.1 | 138.3 | 87.5 | 75.1 | 1,785.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 55 | 54 | 54 | 50 | 44 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 48 | 48 | 51 |
| Source 1:NOAA[20] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:MeteoSwiss[19] | |||||||||||||
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