Morissen () 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.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
History Morissen is first mentioned in 1210 as Mureizens.
Coat of arms The municipal coat of arms is Gules three Escallops Or. accessed 24-Nov-2009 The scallops on the coat of arms represent St. James the Elder who is the patron saint of the village church.
Geography
Morissen had an area, , of . Of this area, 86.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Lugnez sub-district of the Surselva district on the southern foot of the Piz Mundaun and above the Lugnezerstrasse.
Demographics Morissen has a population (as of 2011) of 223.Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter accessed 3 October 2012 , 2.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -10.3%. Most of the population () speaks Romansh(91.5%), with German being second most common ( 6.6%) and English being third ( 0.9%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 24-Nov-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.Graubunden in Numbers accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Morissen is; 20 children or 9.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 29 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 17 people or 8.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 33 people or 15.6% are between 30 and 39, 30 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 37 people or 17.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 17 people or 8.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 7.1% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 6.2% who are between 80 and 89.Graubunden Population Statistics accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 67.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.1%), the FDP (5.8%) and the SP (3.8%).
In Morissen about 59.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Morissen has an unemployment rate of 0.32%. , there were 44 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 8 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: year population 1850 250 1900 163 1950 297 2000 211
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