Safien is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Valendas, Versam, Safien and Tenna merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Safiental.
History
Safien is first mentioned in 1219 as Stosavia. It is based on the simple design of the sub-district, with different colors.
Demographics
thumb|Hay farmer on Safierstrasse
, Safien has a population of 294. The historical population is given in the following table:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! year
! population
|-
| 1803
| 770
|-
| 1850
| 685
|-
| 1900
| 455
|-
| 1950
| 453
|-
| 2000
| 308
|-
| 2010
| 305
|-
|}
, 0.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
- the gender distribution was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.
- the age distribution was as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Age group
! Population
! % of total
|-
| Children (0-9yrs)
| 49
| 15.9%
|-
| Teenagers (10-19yrs)
| 43
| 14.0%
|-
| Adults (20-29yrs)
| 24
| 7.8%
|-
| Adults (30-39yrs)
| 37
| 12.0%
|-
| Adults (40-49yrs)
| 39
| 12.7%
|-
| Adults (50-59yrs)
| 36
| 11.7%
|-
| Seniors (60-69yrs)
| 30
| 9.7%
|-
| Seniors (70-79yrs)
| 28
| 9.1%
|-
| Seniors (80-89yrs)
| 18
| 5.8%
|-
| Seniors (90-99yrs)
| 4
| 1.3%
|-
| Total
| 308
| 100%
|}
Education
Around 61.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).