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 district of
Surselva
Surselva Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Rueun, Castrisch, Ilanz,
Ladir
Ladir is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Ladir, Castrisch, Ilanz, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, R ...
Ruschein
Ruschein (, ) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is the Sursilvan dialect of Romansh. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Ruschein, Castrisch, I ...
,
Schnaus
Schnaus is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Schnaus, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, ...
Pigniu
Pigniu (german: Panix) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is Romansh. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Pigniu, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pit ...
Ilanz/Glion
Ilanz/Glion (german: Ilanz ; rm, Glion ) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevge ...
Rueun is first mentioned in 765 as ''Ruane''. Until 1943 Rueun was known as Ruis. published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009
Coat of arms
The
blazon
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of the municipal
coat of arms
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is ''Gules
St. Andrew
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
issuant holding a wooden saltire cross.''Flags of the World.com accessed 02-Dec-2009 The motif of St. Andrew comes from the local Church of St. Andrew, which was under the authority of
Disentis Abbey
Disentis Abbey (german: Reichskloster Disentis) is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, around which the present town of Disentis ( rm, Mustér) grew up.
Early history
Formerly the date of the foundation of ...
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Geography
Before the merger, Rueun had a total area of . Of this area, 46% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Ruis sub-district of the Surselva district. It is located in the
Vorderrhein
The Vorderrhein (German; English: ''Anterior Rhine''; Sursilvan: ; Sutsilvan: ''Ragn Anteriur''; Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader, and Puter: ''Rain Anteriur''; Surmiran: ''Ragn anteriour'') is one of the two sources of the Rhine. Its catchment area ...
valley.
Demographics
Rueun had a population (as of 2011) of 414.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits 2013: Communes accessed 1 April 2020 , 8.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Between 2000 and 2010, the population has decreased with 10%. Most of the population () speaks Romansh (72.0%), with German being second most common (14.3%) and Italian being third (3.0%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits 2012: Communes accessed 1 April 2020
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.Graubunden in Numbers accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Rueun is; 67 children or 14.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 52 teenagers or 11.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 44 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 88 people or 19.1% are between 30 and 39, 69 people or 15.0% are between 40 and 49, and 34 people or 7.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 43 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 36 people or 7.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 23 people or 5.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 4 people or 0.9% who are between 90 and 99.Graubunden Population Statistics accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 51% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (13.2%), the BDP (10.5%) and the SP (8.5%).
In Rueun 62.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education
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or additional higher education (either university or a ''
Fachhochschule
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'').
Rueun had an unemployment rate of 0.97%. , there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 60 people are employed in the
secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructio ...
and there are 11 businesses in this sector. 48 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 11 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: