Rongellen is a
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
Switzerland, located in the
Viamala Region.
History
Rongellen is first mentioned in 1344 as ''Rungal''.
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Geography
Rongellen has an area, , of . Of this area, 15.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (16.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016]
accessed 16 February 2017 It consists of scattered individual farm houses and small groups of houses in a clearing along the old ''Viamala'' road.
Demographics
Rongellen has a population (as of ) of . , 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.3%.
accessed 7 October 2009[Graubunden in Numbers]
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Rongellen is; 2 people or 3.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 2 people or 3.8% are 10 to 14, and 11 people or 20.8% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 8 people or 15.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 7 people or 13.2% are 30 to 39, 5 people or 9.4% are 40 to 49, and 8 people or 15.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 2 people or 3.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 7 people or 13.2% are 70 to 79, there is 1 person or 1.9% who is 80 to 89.[Graubunden Population Statistics]
accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 65.6% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (11.1%) and the CVP (10%).[
In Rongellen about 69.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory ]upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...
'').[
Rongellen has an unemployment rate of 4.8%. , there were 3 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 business involved in this sector. No one is employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are no businesses in this sector. 3 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 secon ...
, with 1 business in this sector.[
The historical population is given in the following table:]
Languages
Most of the population () speaks German (88.7%), with Romansh being second most common ( 9.4%) and Klaf being third (sdja%).[
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References
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Municipalities of Graubünden