Editing Grisons (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Chur (Switzerland).jpg|thumb|View of Chur, at the foot of the [[Calanda (mountain)|Calanda]]]]
The inhabitants of the Grisons are called ''Bündner'' or (rarely) Grisonians.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

The population of the canton (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-GR}}) is {{Swiss populations|CH-GR|CH-GR}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-GR}} {{as of|2007}}, the population included 28,008 foreigners, or about 14.84% of the total population.<ref>{{cite web | last = Federal Department of Statistics | title = Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit, Geschlecht und Kantonen | year = 2008 | url = http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/raeumliche_verteilung/kantone__gemeinden.html | format = Microsoft Excel | access-date = 5 November 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081215033605/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/raeumliche_verteilung/kantone__gemeinden.html | archive-date = 15 December 2008 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The main religions are [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]]. Both are well represented in the canton, with Roman Catholics forming a slight plurality (47% Catholic to 41% Protestant).<ref>{{cite web | last = Federal Department of Statistics | title = Wohnbevölkerung nach Religion, nach Kantonen und Städten | year = 2008 | url = http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/religionen.html | format = Microsoft Excel | access-date = 6 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081229131401/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/religionen.html | archive-date = 29 December 2008 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

===Languages===
{{See also|Romansh language}}
{{See also|Italian Grisons}}
[[File:Sprachen GR 2000.png|thumb|Geographical distribution of languages in the Grisons {{as of|lc=yes|2000}}]]
[[File:Romansh language spread.svg|thumb|Original areas where was spoken the Romansh language since the Middle Ages]]
The Grisons is the only canton of Switzerland with three official languages: [[German language|German]] (74.7%), [[Romansh language|Romansh]] (13.9%), and [[Italian language|Italian]] (13.9%) with the remaining 13% speaking another language natively.<ref>{{in lang|de|it}} [https://www.gr.ch/DE/kanton/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Canton of Graubünden Website] accessed 8 November 2017</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Sprache, Religion - 01 Bevölkerung|url=https://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/statistik/Bevoelkerung/Seiten/Sprache,_Religion.aspx}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ Languages in the Grisons 1803–2020<ref>Coray, Renata (2008), ''Von der Mumma Romontscha zum Retortenbaby Rumantsch Grischun: Rätoromanische Sprachmythen'' (in tedesco), Chur: Institut für Kulturforschung Graubünden ikg, {{ISBN|978-3-905342-43-7}}, p. 86</ref><ref>{{HDS|7391|Canton Grigioni}}</ref>
! Year
! Population
! Romansh (%)
! German (%)
! Italian (%)
|-
|1803
|73,200<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sgvs.ch/papers/sjesBackIssues/1902_PDF/1902-II-2.pdf|title=Die ersten Volkszählungen in Graubünden}}</ref>
|36,700 (~'''50%''')
|26,500 (~36%)
|10,000 (~14%)
|-
|1850
|89,895
|42,439 (47.2%)
|35,509 (39.5%)
|11,956 (13.3%)
|-
|1880
|93,864
|37,794 (39.8%)
|43,664 (46.0%)
|12,976 (13.7%)
|-
|1900
|104,520
|36,472 (34.9%)
|48,762 (46.7%)
|17,539 (16.8%)
|-
|1920
|119,854
|39,127 (32.7%)
|61,379 (51.2%)
|17,674 (14.8%)
|-
|1941
|128,247
|40,187 (31.3%)
|70,421 (54.9%)
|16,438 (12.8%)
|-
|1950
|137,100
|40,109 (29.3%)
|77,096 (56.2%)
|18,079 (13.2%)
|-
|1960
|147,458
|38,414 (26.1%)
|83,544 (56.7%)
|23,682 (16.1%)
|-
|1970
|162,086
|37,878 (23.4%)
|93,359 (57.6%)
|25,575 (15.8%)
|-
|1980
|164,641
|36,017 (21.9%)
|98,645 (59.9%)
|22,199 (13.5%)
|-
|2000
|187,058
|27,038 (14.5%)
|127,755 (68.3%)
|19,106 (10.2%)
|-
|2012
|191,612
|27,955 (15.2%)
|143,015 (74.6%)
|23,506	(12.0%)
|-
|2015<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung/sprachen-religionen/sprachen.html Federal Statistical Office - Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Hauptsprachen und Kanton, 2015] accessed 8 November 2017</ref>
|193,662
|29,826 (15.4%)
|142,378 (73.5%)
|25,033 (12.9%)
|-
|2020
|200,096
|27,813 (13.9%)
|149,471 (74.7%)
|27,813 (13.9%)
|}

More speakers of the [[Romansh language]] live in the Grisons than in any other canton, although it has become a minority language there. Since the late [[Middle Ages]] the Romansh language has greatly reduced (by more than half the original territory, that included [[Liechtenstein]] and sections of western [[Austria]]) the area where it is spoken by the majority of the population.

Romansh consists of five dialect groups, each with its own written language: [[Sursilvan]], [[Vallader]], [[Puter]], [[Surmiran]] and [[Sutsilvan]]. There also exists a common written language called [[Rumantsch Grischun]].
Romansh has been recognized as one of four "national languages" by the [[Swiss Federal Constitution]] since 1938. It was declared an "official language" of the Confederation in 1996, meaning that Romansh speakers may use Romansh for correspondence with the federal government and expect to receive a response in Rumantsch Grischun.
Romansh has official language status at the canton level. Municipalities in turn are free to specify their own official languages.