Obersaxen Mundaun is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Obersaxen and Mundaun merged to form the new municipality of Obersaxen Mundaun.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27 April 2016
History Obersaxen The Obersaxen plateau first appears in historic records in 765, as Supersaxa, when Bishop Tello gave his farms and meadows there to Disentis Abbey. In 806 it became an Imperial Estate, which it remained until 956 when Emperor Otto I donated Supersaxa village and the village church back to the Bishop of Chur. In 1227 it was mentioned as Ubersahse.
The current settlement was founded in the thirteenth century, when a group of German-speaking Walser settled the plateau. Right in the heart of the mainly Romansh-speaking Surselva (which encompasses the valley of the Vorderrhein, along with all of its side valleys, among others the Val Lumnezia), Obersaxen is an island of German-speakers.
Mundaun Mundaun was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Flond and Surcuolm.
Geography
Obersaxen Mundaun has an area, (based on the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 19.4% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of or about 1.2% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1984/85 amount. Of the agricultural land, is fields and grasslands and consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1984/85 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by . Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality.Regionalporträts 2017: Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 May 2017
The new municipality is located in the Lugnez sub-district of the Surselva district, after 2017 it was part of the Surselva Region.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017 It is located on the northern face of the Mundaun mountain chain and the Obersaxen high plateau south of the Vorderrhein river. It consists of a number of widely scattered settlements throughout the municipal area.
Demographics Obersaxen Mundaun has a population (as of ) of
Historic Population The historical population of Obersaxen and the two former municipalities that made up Mundaun, Flond and Surcuolm, is given in the following chart:Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 accessed 27 April 2016
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