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'''Grafschaft''' is a former [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Goms (district)|Goms]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. In 2000 the municipality was created with the merger of Biel (VS), Ritzingen and Selkingen.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{dein iconlang|de}} accessedRetrieved 19 July 2011</ref> On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Grafschaft, [[Blitzingen]], [[Münster-Geschinen]], [[Niederwald, Switzerland|Niederwald]] and [[Reckingen-Gluringen]] merged into the new municipality of [[Goms, Valais|Goms]].

Grafschaft was created in 2000 through the merger of Biel (VS), Ritzingen and Selkingen.<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|47281|Grafschaft}}</ref> Biel was first mentioned in 1277 as ''Buele''.<ref name=HDS_Biel>{{HDS|2683|Biel (VS)}}</ref> Starting in the 13th Century, Ritzingen gradually became a municipality. By the 16th Century the traditional practices and pastures of the farmers were finally codified into laws.<ref name=HDS_Ritzingen>{{HDS|2698|Ritzingen}}</ref> Selkingen was first mentioned in 1374 as ''villa de Selgingen''.<ref name=HDS_Selkingen>{{HDS|2699|Selkingen}}</ref>

The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Azure a Crozier Or issuiant from base surrounded with three Mullets of five of the same.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vs169.html Flags of the World.com]. accessedRetrieved 7 September 2011</ref>

Grafschaft had a population ({{as of|2015|lc=on}}) of 206. {{as of|2008}}, 7.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=28 June 2010 icon}} accessed{{in lang|de}} Retrieved 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -4.3%. It has changed at a rate of 3.4% due to migration and at a rate of -3.4% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=5 January 2016 }} Retrieved 7 September 2011</ref>

{{as of|2008}}, the gender distribution of the population was 47.7% male and 52.3% female. The population was made up of 90 Swiss men (45.2% of the population) and 5 (2.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 93 Swiss women (46.7%) and 11 (5.5%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=VS_Pop>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=14752 Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls] {{in lang|de icon}} {{|fr icon}} accessedRetrieved 24 August 2011</ref> Of the population in the municipality 109 or about 56.8% were born in Grafschaft and lived there in 2000. There were 53 or 27.6% who were born in the same canton, while 15 or 7.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 10 or 5.2% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 73 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 102 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=9 April 2014 }} {{dein iconlang|de}} accessedRetrieved 2 February 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 69 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 24 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 70 households that answered this question, 34.3% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 15 married couples without children, 24 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 72 single family homes (or 45.0% of the total) out of a total of 160 inhabited buildings. There were 73 multi-family buildings (45.6%), along with 8 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (5.0%) and 7 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.4%).<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{dewebarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true icon|date=7 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessedRetrieved 28 January 2011</ref>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{dewebarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true icon|date=30 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessedRetrieved 29 January 2011</ref>

The entire villages of Biel, Ritzingen and Selkingen are designated as part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte |year=2009 |work= KGS Inventar |publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection |language=German |accessdate=25 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |archivedate=28 June 2010 }}</ref>

In the [[2007 [[Swiss federal election,|2007 2007|federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] which received 58.79% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (18.94%), the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (18.18%) and the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (3.03%). In the federal election, a total of 97 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 54.8%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html icon|date=14 May 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessedRetrieved 28 May 2010</ref>

In the 2009 [[Conseil d'EtatÉtat (Switzerland)|Conseil d'EtatÉtat/Staatsrat]] election a total of 90 votes were cast, of which 9 or about 10.0% were invalid. The voter participation was 53.6%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 54.67%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4363&Language=de&link= Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009] {{dein iconlang|de}} accessedRetrieved 24 August 2011</ref> In the 2007 [[Swiss Council of States election, 2007|Swiss Council of States election]] a total of 97 votes were cast, of which 2 or about 2.1% were invalid. The voter participation was 54.8%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 59.88%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4360&RefMenuID=0&RefServiceID=0 Ständeratswahl 2007] {{dein iconlang|de}} accessedRetrieved 24 August 2011</ref>

{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Grafschaft had an unemployment rate of 1.3%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 19 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 32 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 9 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 90 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 40. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, of which 10 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3 of which 2 or (66.7%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 21. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 9.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 9.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 57.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, .<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{dewebarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true icon|date=25 December 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessedRetrieved 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 31 workers who commuted into the municipality and 50 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{dein iconlang|de}} accessedRetrieved 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.1% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 178 or 92.7% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 10 or 5.2% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 [[Orthodox Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 1.04% of the population).<ref name=STAT2000/>

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