Rodels ''( Romansh: Roten)'' is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the canton of Graubünden in

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, located in the district of Hinterrhein. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of

Almens Almens (''Romansh language, Romansh: Almen'') is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 201 ...

, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and

Tomils Tomils is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Fel ...

merged to form the new municipality of

Domleschg Domleschg is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.

.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

Rodels is first mentioned in the mid-12th Century as ''ad Rautine''.

Geography

Before the merger, Rodels had a total area of . Of this area, 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The former municipality is located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consists of a

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and a ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) as well as the

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of Nueins. The municipality is located on a low terrace on the right side of the Hinterrhein.

Demographics

Rodels had a population (as of 2013) of 267.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits 2015: Communes
accessed 01 April 2020 , 7.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Between 2000 and 2010, the population number was stable.
accessed 01 April 2020 Between 2010 and 2013, the population has declined by 5%. , the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Rodels is; 35 people or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 27 people or 9.6% are 10 to 14, and 17 people or 6.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 34 people or 12.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 52 people or 18.5% are 30 to 39, 46 people or 16.4% are 40 to 49, and 28 people or 10.0% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 18 people or 6.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 5.7% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 2.5% who are 80 to 89, and there are 1 people or 0.4% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the BDP (22.1%), SPS (17.8%) and the CVP (15.5%). In Rodels 80% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). As of 2011, Rodels had an unemployment rate of 1.05%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the

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. 23 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 15 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (90.7%), with Romansh being second most common (3.9%) and Italian being third (1.8%).

Transportation

Rhaetian Railway The Rhaetian Railway (; ; ), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB operates all the railway lines of the Cantons of Switzerland, ...

operate services to Rodels-Realta (Rhaetian Railway station) nearby.

References

External links

Official Web site
{{Authority control Former municipalities of Graubünden Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Switzerland Domleschg