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45-399: Tegna may refer to: Tegna, Switzerland , a former municipality in the district of Locarno Tegna Inc. , an American broadcast, digital media and marketing services company See also [ edit ] Tenga (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

90-475: A Fachhochschule ). In Tegna there were a total of 137 students (as of 2009 ). The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Tegna there were 21 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the village, 41 students attended the standard primary schools and 3 students attended

135-456: A part-time student). There were 5 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 17 who attend part-time. The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program. As of 2000 , there were 5 students in Tegna who came from another municipality, while 77 residents attended schools outside

180-451: A sufficiently small time interval: A positive growth rate indicates that the population is increasing, while a negative growth rate indicates that the population is decreasing. A growth ratio of zero indicates that there were the same number of individuals at the beginning and end of the period—a growth rate may be zero even when there are significant changes in the birth rates , death rates , immigration rates , and age distribution between

225-408: A total of 272 apartments (78.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 73 apartments (21.0%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (0.9%) were empty. As of 2007 , the construction rate of new housing units was 17.3 new units per 1000 residents. The historical population is given in the following table: The Castelliere, a site with scattered prehistoric objects and Roman era buildings

270-657: A total of 524 registered voters in Tegna, of which 322 or 61.5% voted. 4 blank ballots were cast, leaving 318 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 82 or 25.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PPD +GenGiova (with 58 or 18.2%), the PS (with 56 or 17.6%) and the SSI (with 53 or 16.7%). In the 2007 Consiglio di Stato election, 2 blank ballots were cast, leaving 320 valid ballots in

315-499: Is 100 people or 13.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 7.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 4.2% who are over 80. As of 2000 , there were 274 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. In 2000 there were 209 single family homes (or 77.4% of the total) out of a total of 270 inhabited buildings. There were 34 two family buildings (12.6%) and 18 multi-family buildings (6.7%). There were also 9 buildings in

360-466: Is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 21.4% of the workforce coming into Tegna are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 5.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 62.5% used a private car. As of 2009 , there were 5 hotels in Tegna with a total of 40 rooms and 81 beds. From the 2000 census , 461 or 69.7% were Roman Catholic , while 84 or 12.7% belonged to

405-469: Is a separable differential equation, the population may be solved explicitly, producing a logistic function : where A = K − P 0 P 0 {\displaystyle A={\frac {K-P_{0}}{P_{0}}}} and P 0 {\displaystyle P_{0}} is the initial population at time 0. The world population growth rate peaked in 1963 at 2.2% per year and subsequently declined. In 2017,

450-452: Is in direct contrast with less developed contexts, where population growth is still happening. Globally, the rate of population growth has declined from a peak of 2.2% per year in 1963. Population growth alongside increased consumption is a driver of environmental concerns , such as biodiversity loss and climate change , due to overexploitation of natural resources for human development . International policy focused on mitigating

495-634: Is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance . In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 35.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (18.36%), the SP (17.43%) and the Ticino League (11.99%). In the federal election, a total of 299 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.2%. In the 2007 Gran Consiglio election, there were

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540-402: Is the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a given time period, expressed as a fraction of the initial population. Specifically, population growth rate refers to the change in population over a unit time period, often expressed as a percentage of the number of individuals in the population at the beginning of that period. This can be written as the formula, valid for

585-431: Is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area. Out of the forested land, 55.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.0% is used for growing crops and 10.4%

630-419: Is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 15.2% is unproductive vegetation and 2.4% is too rocky for vegetation. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a cross gules and in canton a bar azure embowed in base. Tegna had a population (as of 2011) of 749. As of 2008 , 13.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over

675-509: The DRC are witnessing a similar growth in population. The following table gives some example countries or territories: Human population projections are attempts to extrapolate how human populations will change in the future. These projections are an important input to forecasts of the population's impact on this planet and humanity's future well-being. Models of population growth take trends in human development and apply projections into

720-480: The Swiss Reformed Church . There are 82 individuals (or about 12.41% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 34 individuals (or about 5.14% of the population) did not answer the question. In Tegna about 81.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or

765-526: The global population to increase from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7.7 billion by November 2019. Some of the reasons for the "Modern Rise of Population" were particularly investigated by the British health scientist Thomas McKeown (1912–1988). In his publications, McKeown challenged four theories about the population growth: Although the McKeown thesis has been heavily disputed, recent studies have confirmed

810-519: The industrial revolution . The most significant increase in the world's population has been since the 1950s, mainly due to medical advancements and increases in agricultural productivity . Due to its dramatic impact on the human ability to grow food, the Haber process , named after one of its inventors, the German chemist Fritz Haber , served as the "detonator of the population explosion ", enabling

855-504: The population is declining , especially in Eastern Europe , mainly due to low fertility rates , high death rates and emigration . In Southern Africa , growth is slowing due to the high number of AIDS-related deaths. Some Western Europe countries might also experience population decline. Japan's population began decreasing in 2005. The United Nations Population Division projects world population to reach 11.2 billion by

900-404: The secondary sector and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 85 people were employed in the tertiary sector , with 22 businesses in this sector. There were 299 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.1% of the workforce. In 2000 , there were 196 workers who commuted into the municipality and 214 workers who commuted away. The municipality

945-457: The UN projected that the world population, 8 billion as of 2023 , would peak around the year 2086 at about 10.4 billion, and then start a slow decline, assuming a continuing decrease in the global average fertility rate from 2.5 births per woman during the 2015–2020 period to 1.8 by the year 2100 (the medium-variant projection). The UN’s 2024 report has revised the peak population to 10.3 billion in

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990-633: The election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 78 or 24.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PS (with 72 or 22.5%), the LEGA (with 59 or 18.4%) and the PPD (with 57 or 17.8%). As of  2007 , Tegna had an unemployment rate of 3.49%. As of 2005 , there were 22 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 49 people were employed in

1035-482: The end of the Black Death , around the year 1350. A mix of technological advancement that improved agricultural productivity and sanitation and medical advancement that reduced mortality increased population growth. In some geographies, this has slowed through the process called the demographic transition , where many nations with high standards of living have seen a significant slowing of population growth. This

1080-532: The end of the 21st century. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projects that the global population will peak in 2064 at 9.73 billion and decline to 8.89 billion in 2100. A 2014 study in Science concludes that the global population will reach 11 billion by 2100, with a 70% chance of continued growth into the 22nd century. The German Foundation for World Population reported in December 2019 that

1125-485: The estimated annual growth rate was 1.1%. The CIA World Factbook gives the world annual birthrate, mortality rate, and growth rate as 1.86%, 0.78%, and 1.08% respectively. The last 100 years have seen a massive fourfold increase in the population, due to medical advances , lower mortality rates, and an increase in agricultural productivity made possible by the Green Revolution . The annual increase in

1170-621: The future. These models use trend-based-assumptions about how populations will respond to economic, social and technological forces to understand how they will affect fertility and mortality , and thus population growth. The 2022 projections from the United Nations Population Division (chart #1) show that annual world population growth peaked at 2.3% per year in 1963, has since dropped to 0.9% in 2023, equivalent to about 74 million people each year, and could drop even further to minus 0.1% by 2100. Based on this,

1215-400: The gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 295 Swiss men (39.7% of the population), and 66 (8.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 350 Swiss women (47.1%), and 32 (4.3%) non-Swiss women. In 2008 there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration,

1260-574: The global human population grows by 2.6 people every second, and could reach 8 billion by 2023. According to United Nations population statistics, the world population grew by 30%, or 1.6 billion humans, between 1990 and 2010. In number of people the increase was highest in India (350 million) and China (196 million). Population growth rate was among highest in the United Arab Emirates (315%) and Qatar (271%). Many of

1305-548: The impact of human population growth is concentrated in the Sustainable Development Goals which seeks to improve the standard of living globally while reducing the impact of society on the environment while advancing human well-being. World population has been rising continuously since the end of the Black Death , around the year 1350. Population began growing rapidly in the Western world during

1350-486: The last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks Italian (77.6%), with German being second most common (15.7%) and French being third (2.9%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000 ), 104 speak German, 19 people speak French, 513 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh . The remainder (24 people) speak another language. As of 2008 ,

1395-450: The merger, Tegna had a total area of 2.9 km (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 0.34 km (0.13 sq mi) or 11.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.72 km (0.66 sq mi) or 59.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km (0.18 sq mi) or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km (35 acres) or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.51 km (0.20 sq mi) or 17.6%

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1440-409: The municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose). The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008 , was 0%. In 2000 there were 348 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 108. There were 18 single room apartments and 106 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments,

1485-414: The municipality. Population growth#Population growth rate Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.1 billion in 2024. The UN projected population to keep growing, and estimates have put

1530-688: The number of living humans peaked at 88.0 million in 1989, then slowly declined to 73.9 million in 2003, after which it rose again to 75.2 million in 2006. In 2017, the human population increased by 83 million. Generally, developed nations have seen a decline in their growth rates in recent decades, though annual growth rates remain above 2% in some countries of the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa , and also in South Asia , Southeast Asia , and Latin America . In some countries

1575-439: The population has reached its carrying capacity , it will stabilize and the exponential curve will level off towards the carrying capacity, which is usually when a population has depleted most its natural resources . In the world human population, growth may be said to have been following a linear trend throughout the last few decades. The growth of a population can often be modelled by the logistic equation where As it

1620-427: The population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 3 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 11 and the non-Swiss population change

1665-399: The special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 41 students in the two-year middle school, while 8 students were in the four-year advanced program. The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of

1710-453: The title Tegna . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tegna&oldid=871540316 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tegna, Switzerland Before

1755-472: The total population at 8.6 billion by mid-2030, 9.8 billion by mid-2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. However, some academics outside the UN have increasingly developed human population models that account for additional downward pressures on population growth; in such a scenario population would peak before 2100. Others have challenged many recent population projections as having underestimated population growth. The world human population has been growing since

1800-411: The two times. A related measure is the net reproduction rate . In the absence of migration, a net reproduction rate of more than 1 indicates that the population of females is increasing, while a net reproduction rate less than one ( sub-replacement fertility ) indicates that the population of females is decreasing. Most populations do not grow exponentially, rather they follow a logistic model . Once

1845-404: The upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as

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1890-406: The value of his ideas. His work is pivotal for present day thinking about population growth, birth control, public health and medical care. McKeown had a major influence on many population researchers, such as health economists and Nobel prize winners Robert W. Fogel (1993) and Angus Deaton (2015). The latter considered McKeown as "the founder of social medicine ". The "population growth rate"

1935-693: The world's countries, including many in Sub-Saharan Africa , the Middle East , South Asia and South East Asia , have seen a sharp rise in population since the end of the Cold War . The fear is that high population numbers are putting further strain on natural resources, food supplies, fuel supplies, employment, housing, etc. in some of the less fortunate countries. For example, the population of Chad has ultimately grown from 6,279,921 in 1993 to 10,329,208 in 2009, further straining its resources. Vietnam , Mexico , Nigeria , Egypt , Ethiopia , and

1980-582: The year 2084. However, estimates outside of the United Nations have put forward alternative models based on additional downward pressure on fertility (such as successful implementation of education and family planning goals in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals ) which could result in peak population during the 2060–2070 period rather than later. Even though the global fertility rate continues to fall, chart #2 shows that because of population momentum

2025-509: Was a decrease of 0 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.5%. The age distribution, as of 2009 , in Tegna is; 68 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 81 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 71 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 92 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 139 people or 18.7% are between 40 and 49, and 105 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution

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