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{{Infobox Swiss town
|subject_name         = Saas im Prättigau
|image_photo          = Prättigau Saas.jpg
|municipality_type    = former
|imagepath_coa        = Saas i P wappen.svg|pixel_coa=
|canton               = Graubünden
|iso-code-region      = CH-GR
|district             = [[Prättigau/Davos (district)|Prättigau/Davos]]
|coordinates = {{coord|46|55|N|9|48|E|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code          = 7247
|municipality_code    = 3883
|area                 = 26.71
|elevation            = 988 |elevation_description = Church
|population           = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-GR|3883}}
|populationof         = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-GR}}
|popofyear            = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-GR}}
|website              = www.klosters-serneus.ch
|places               =
|demonym              =
|neighboring_municipalities= [[Conters im Prättigau]], [[Klosters-Serneus]], [[Küblis]], [[Luzein]], [[Sankt Gallenkirch]] (AT-8)
}}
'''Saas im Prättigau''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] village in the [[Prättigau]] and a former [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Prättigau/Davos (district)|Prättigau/Davos]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Graubünden]]. On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into the municipality of [[Klosters-Serneus]].<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang|de}} accessed 18 January 2018</ref>
==History==
Saas is first mentioned about 1290 as ''Säusch''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography==
[[File:Saas im Prättigau 2004-09-10.jpg|thumb|left|Saas im Prättigau]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Saas im Prättigau-LBS H1-018259.tif|thumb|left|Aerial view (1954)]]
Saas has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|26.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, 44% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.2% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (27.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
The municipality is located in the Küblis sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district.  It consists of the [[linear village]] of Saas on a terrace over the [[Prättigau]] valley, between [[Küblis]] and [[Klosters]].
==Neighboring municipalities==
{| width="50%"
|-----
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Luzein]]
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Luzein]]
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Austria]]
|-----
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Küblis]]
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Image:Windrose klein.png]]
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[St. Antönien]]
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| width ="33%" align="center" | Conters im Prättigau
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Klosters-Serneus]]
| width ="33%" align="center" | [[Klosters-Serneus]]
|}
==Coat of arms==
The town [[coat of arms]] is described as ''Or a Wild Man holding over his shoulder a Club Vert''.<ref>[http://flagspot.net/flags/ch-gr158.html Flags of the World] accessed 29 October 2009</ref>  The [[Wild man]] motif comes from the seal of the [[League of the Ten Jurisdictions]] as well as from [[Klosters]] and has been part of the municipality's coat of arms since the 16th Century.  The figure is always shown with a club over his shoulder, to prevent confusion with other Wild Men.
==Demographics==
Saas has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-GR}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-GR|3883}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-GR}}  {{as of|2008}}, 10.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.<ref name=Population/>  Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.8%.  Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (97.3%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 1.0%) and [[Romansh language|Romansh]] being third ( 0.4%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 29-Oct-2009</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, the gender distribution of the population was 51.1% male and 48.9% female.<ref name=GR_Numbers>[http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924000647/http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx |date=2009-09-24 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009</ref>  The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Saas is; 97 children or 13.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 76 teenagers or 10.4% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 94 people or 12.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  110 people or 15.0% are between 30 and 39, 97 people or 13.2% are between 40 and 49, and 93 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 80 people or 10.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 7.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 26 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89 there are 4 people or 0.5% who are between 90 and 99.<ref name=Population>[http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827132227/http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx |date=2009-08-27 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009</ref>
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 54.7% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] (24.2%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (10.5%) and the local, small right-wing parties (7.1%).<ref name=SFSO/>
In Saas about 71.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>
Saas has an unemployment rate of 0.77%.  {{as of|2005}}, there were 66 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 26 businesses involved in this sector.  51 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 11 businesses in this sector.  84 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 26 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|1578|Saas}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year
! population
|-
| 1838
| 684
|-
| 1850
|  469
|-
| 1888
|  657
|-
| 1900
|  431
|-
| 1950
|  567
|-
| 1990
|  620
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Saas im Prättigau}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010721183424/http://www.saasimpraettigau.ch/ Official Web site] {{in lang|de}}
*{{HDS|1578}}
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[[Category:Klosters-Serneus]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Graubünden]]