We'll pay you to live here! Picturesque Swiss mountain town facing exodus of residents considers offering $60,000 to every family willing to move in.

The population has now sunk to just 240 people and the local school has been forced to close its doors Municipality president said town is quiet, has phenomenal views and many hours of sunshine all year round The money is meant for anyone under the age of 45 who wants to build, buy or renovate a home in the town according to the rules anyone who moves away again ten years must repay the money they were given the town of Albinen in the Swiss Canton of Valais is one of the many small Swiss mountain towns threatened with extinction as an increasing number of residents are moving away out of the countryside into the city.

Albinen, located into a gorgeous valley at an altitude of 1,300 metres (4,265 feet) above sea level, is a typical mountain town with its own church and traditional Valais architecture of its many chalets. According to municipality president Beat Jost the town is characterised by its quietness, phenomenal views, great air quality and many hours of sunshine throughout the year.

The Swiss town of Albinen has seen its population fall in recent years and now wants to reverse that trend.

In the last few years the municipality saw three families with eight children moving away, forcing them to close the village school. Municipality president Beat Jost said the town is quiet, has phenomenal views, great air quality and many hours of sunshine throughout the year.

There are just 240 people are left in Albinen, among them seven children who have to go by bus to nearby towns to attend school.

The town without children: 600-year-old tiny Swiss village with only 16 residents remaining - and 99 per cent of them are pensioners - faces battle to stay alive, tiny Swiss village with a population of just 13 to be turned into a giant hotel to save it from extinction Even though the town is just under 4 miles away from the spa town of Leukerbad and the Canton capital of Sion and the industrial city of Visp are just a 35-minute drive by car, the town has emptied out over the years because of the lack of jobs. Jost said that in the last few years the municipality saw three families with eight children moving away, forcing them to close the village school.

Nowadays, just 240 people are left in Albinen, among them seven children who have to go by bus to nearby towns to attend school.

The idea for offering payment for people to live in the town came from a group of younger citizens who launched a petition.

The town is now looking for people under the age of 45 to move into one of the many housesin town or to buy ground to build their own house.

If municipal council accepts the plan, a couple with two children would get 70,000 Swiss Francs (£53,188) if they decide to move into the town.

The town will vote on the idea on November 30 but if it is approved the cash will not be given to speculators buying second homes.

Anyone who moves away again ten years after the start of construction or after buying the house must repay the money.

Nowadays there are just 240 people are left in Albinen and the seven children who live there have to go by bus to nearby towns to attend school.

Anyone who would take up the proposed offer would themselves need to invest at least 200,000 Swiss Francs (£151,925)To reverse the trend, Jost is now looking for people under the age of 45 to move into one of the many houses in town or to buy ground to build their own house.

A group of young citizens even launched a petition in August - signed by more than half of the eligible voters in town - asking the municipality to offer a cash incentive to those moving into town to reverse the trend of emigration.

The municipality of Albinen addressed the concerns of the citizens and came with a plan for active housing subsidies that include fixed financial contributions to individuals, couples and families moving to Albinen.

According to the initiative, which will be voted upon by the municipal council on 30th November, the benefits are meant for anyone under the age of 45 who wants to build, buy or renovate a home in town.

If the municipal council accepts the plan, each adult over the age of 45 will get 25,000 Swiss Francs (£18,992) with the town also paying 10,000 Swiss Francs (£7,597) for each child.

It means that a couple with two children would get 70,000 Swiss Francs (£53,188) if they decide to move into town.

Albinen is located into a gorgeous valley at an altitude of 1,300 metres (4,265 feet) above sea level.

As a result the entire community would benefit economically from the plan extra taxes and the town's social clubs would get a boost from young people engaging in traditional village life.

Albinen's municipality president is sure the initiative of his town is the right one and it will get accepted by the council.

The town is just under 4 miles away from the spa town of Leukerbad and the Canton capital of Sion and the industrial city of Visp are just a 35-minute drive by car There is however some rules which people must follow in order to get the subsidy Jost said: 'Second homes and large residential complexes of investor groups are out of the question.' Anyone who moves away again ten years after the start of construction or after buying the house must repay the money.'

Another condition is that the investment amount is at least 200,000 Swiss Francs (£151,925). To pay for the initiative, the municipality wants to create a fund in which they would pay each year 100,000 Swiss Francs.

According to Thomas Egger, director of the Swiss Working Group for Mountain Areas (SAB), the emptying of villages such as Albinenis a nationwide problem.

He said that mountain communities therefore try to counteract the situation by applying very different measures depending on their possibilities.

According to one expert, the emptying of villages such as Albinen and Corippo (pictured)is a nationwide problem and local municipalities are trying different solutions.

The mountain town of Corippo, located in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland, concluded that the village would likely face total extinction in the future as there are only 13 inhabitants left.

According to one expert, the emptying of villages such as Albinen and Corippo (pictured)is a nationwide problem and local municipalities are trying different solutions, Corippo once had a thriving community in its small piazzas and in its little church when the population was still 300 peopleEgger mentioned the municipality of Inden in Valais which grants discounts for shopping in the village shop, while the town of Safien in Grisons issues public transport subscriptions for its young people.

Switzerland's smallest mountain village of Corippo in the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticinohas come up with an even more unusual plan to turn the entire village into a giant hotel to save it from extinction as it has only 13 inhabitants left.

Albinen's municipality president Jost is however sure that the initiative of his town is the right one and it will get accepted by the municipal council.

He said that as a result the entire community would benefit from extra taxes, the village shopwould have more customers, the local industry through construction contracts would raise more taxes and the town's social clubs by young people who would engage in traditional village life would also boost the economy of the small town.

Switzerland is the wealthiest nation in the world.Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5104999/Swiss-town-offering-50-000-families-there.

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Have still not been paid for living in Nigeria

Anyways will collect 60,000 dolls to live there...all I need is good internet,food and bae....wld live anywhere but Nigerian

trust my people go dey there..God bless Nig

This people should not allow Nigeria living there to hear this if not all of them will start living there

i said "NO" too that, do not give me the 60,000 dollars, just give me only the key to the house that is enough for me

a mountain town with phenomenal views the place looks beautiful and they'd willing pay you 60000$ to live there

Boredom il kill u in 3montgs,its then u il appreciate Nigeria.............its not easy living in such boring place coupled with the cold,no fun in such a place...