Scheid
Scheid is a village in the municipality of Tomils in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Scheid merged with Feldis/Veulden, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils to form the municipality of Tomils.
History
Scheid is first mentioned in the 12th century as de Side.Geography
Scheid has an area,, of. Of this area, 43.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.1% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.The village is located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consisted of two settlements, Unterscheid and Oberscheid, on the right bank of the Hinterrhein. In 2009 Scheid merged with Feldis/Veulden, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils to form Tomils.
In Romansh the two sections are known as Sched and Purz.
Demographics
Scheid has a population of 148, of which 2.7% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.8%., the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The age distribution,, in Scheid is; 99 people or 13.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 59 people or 7.9% are 10 to 14, and 34 people or 4.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 78 people or 10.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 164 people or 22.1% are 30 to 39, 138 people or 18.6% are 40 to 49, and 69 people or 9.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 48 people or 6.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 38 people or 5.1% are 70 to 79, there are 13 people or 1.7% who are 80 to 89, and there are 3 people or 0.4% who are 90 to 99.
In the Swiss federal election|2007 federal election] the most popular party was the SVP which received 70.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CVP.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Scheid about 69.4% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Scheid has an unemployment rate of 0%., there were 36 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 1 person is employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1803 | 219 |
| 1850 | 222 |
| 1900 | 156 |
| 1950 | 154 |
| 1960 | 136 |
| 1970 | 104 |
| 1980 | 116 |
| 1990 | 115 |
| 2000 | 139 |