Bonaduz ( rm, Panaduz) is a

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in the

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in the

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of Graubünden.

History

Bonaduz is first mentioned in 960 as ''Beneduces''. Until 1854, the German-speaking

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of Sculms belonged to Bonaduz. Following a vote in that year, Sculms joined Versam.

Geography

Bonaduz has an area, , of . Of this area, 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Rhäzüns sub-district, of the Imboden district, after 2017 it became part of the Imboden Region.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016
accessed 16 February 2017 It consists of the ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Bonaduz on a high plain south-west of the

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of the

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and Vorderrhein.

Demographics

Bonaduz has a population (as of ) of . , 10.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.7%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 08-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Bonaduz is; 373 people or 15.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 162 people or 6.7% are 10 to 14, and 158 people or 6.5% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 219 people or 9.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 489 people or 20.1% are 30 to 39, 394 people or 16.2% are 40 to 49, and 292 people or 12.0% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 150 people or 6.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 133 people or 5.5% are 70 to 79, there are 54 people or 2.2% who are 80 to 89, and there are 9 people or 0.4% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 32% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (31.9%), the SPS (22.4%) and the FDP (12.3%). In Bonaduz about 77.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Bonaduz has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 555 people are employed in the

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and there are 26 businesses in this sector. 361 people are employed in the

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, with 74 businesses in this sector. From the , 1,457 or 59.9% are

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, while 654 or 26.9% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 10 individuals (or about 0.41% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 47 individuals (or about 1.93% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 45 (or about 1.85% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 14 individuals (or about 0.58% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 120 (or about 4.93% of the population) belong to no church, are

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, and 86 individuals (or about 3.53% of the population) did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (88.0%), with Romansh being second most common (5.4%) and Italian being third (2.1%).

Transportation

Rhaetian Railway The Rhaetian Railway (german: Rhätische Bahn; it, Ferrovia retica; rm, Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the R ...

operate services to Bonaduz (Rhaetian Railway station).

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of Graubünden Populated places on the Rhine