Ramosch is a former

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in the district of Inn in the

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of Graubünden. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

In 1956-58, on the hill ''Mottata'' (ca. north-east of Ramosch), a significant prehistoric site was discovered. The Mottata site contains three settlement horizons, two from the mid and early

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( Laugen-Melaun/Luco-Meluno culture) and one from the early

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( Fritzens-Sanzeno culture).

Geography

Ramosch had an area, , of . Of this area, 32.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The former municipality was located in the Ramosch sub-district of the Inn district. It is along the left bank of the Inn river. It consists of the village of Ramosch and the village section of Vnà as well as the settlements of Raschvella and Seraplana. Until 1943 Ramosch was known as Remüs.

Demographics

Ramosch had a population (as of 2011) of 483.Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB
''Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter'' accessed 3 October 2012 , 7.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.6%.
accessed 12 October 2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Ramosch is; 55 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 34 teenagers or 7.7% are 10 to 14, and 29 teenagers or 6.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 37 people or 8.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 54 people or 12.3% are 30 to 39, 63 people or 14.3% are 40 to 49, and 54 people or 12.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 42 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 42 people or 9.5% are 70 to 79, there are 25 people or 5.7% who are 80 to 89, and there are 5 people or 1.1% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (28.7%), the

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(20%) and the CVP (5%). In Ramosch about 59.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Ramosch has an unemployment rate of 0.62%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the

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and there are 10 businesses in this sector. 70 people are employed in the

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, with 19 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks Romansh (84.1%), with German being second most common (13.9%) and Dutch being third ( 1.1%).

Heritage sites of national significance

'' Tschanüff Castle'', the ''Mottata'' (a prehistoric settlement) and the

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of St. Florinus are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 12 October 2009 File:Ramosch-Ruine.jpg, ''Castle Tschanüff'' File:Kirche Ramosch2.jpg, St. Florinus, looking down the

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File:Kirche Ramosch1.jpg, St. Florinus, looking toward the

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References

{{Authority control Valsot Former municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden Populated places on the Inn (river) Populated places disestablished in 2013