Tinizong-Rona 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 district of Albula in the

Sursés Sursés () is a municipality in the Albula Region of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form ...

in the canton of Graubünden in

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. It was formed in 1998 from the villages of ''Tinizong'' and '' Rona''. The local administration is situated in Tinizong. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio,

Cunter Cunter (Romansh language, Romansh, in German language, German: Conters im Oberhalbstein) is a village and former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula (district), Albula in the Cantons of Switzerland, ...

, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of

Surses Sursés () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Albula Region of the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parson ...

History

Tinizong is mentioned during the Nervan–Antonine dynasty (96 to 192) of the

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as ''Tinetione'', a station on the Roman Septimer Pass route. Rona is first mentioned in 1330 as ''Rouenam''. In 1377 it was mentioned as ''Rouvena'', and in 1412 as ''Rofna''.

Geography

Tinizong-Rona had an area, , of . Of this area, 32.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The former municipality is located in the sub-district of

, in the Albula district. It is located along the route to the Julier pass. It consists of the villages of Tinizong and Rona. Rona consists of Ober-Rona ('' Romansh: Ruegnas'') on a terrace and Unter-Rona (''Romansh: Rieven'') along the banks of the Gelgia. Rieven used to be located on the same site as the

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

of Livizung (the hamlet was destroyed in 1580 by a rock slide), but moved following repeated flooding of the river. In 1998 the municipalities merged to form the municipality of Rona-Tinizong.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009

Demographics

Tinizong-Rona had a population (as of 2014) of 320. , 17.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.1%. , 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 Tinizong-Rona is; 47 people or 12.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 29 people or 7.9% are 10 to 14, and 8 people or 2.2% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 35 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 45 people or 12.2% are 30 to 39, 63 people or 17.1% are 40 to 49, and 38 people or 10.3% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 42 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 38 people or 10.3% are 70 to 79, there are 19 people or 5.1% who are 80 to 89, and there are 5 people or 1.4% 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 42.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.9%), the SPS (18.1%) and the FDP (10.4%). In Tinizong-Rona about 54.8% 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 ...

''). Tinizong-Rona has an unemployment rate of 1.36%. , there were 40 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 60 people were employed in the secondary sector and there are 9 businesses in this sector. 19 people were 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 10 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (50.1%), with German being second most common (38.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 4.9%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 01-Oct-2009 The official language of the municipality is the Surmiran dialect of the Romansh language.

Heritage sites of national significance

The Church of ''S. Plasch'' (St. Blasius) and the ''Chasa Cresta Nr. 5'' are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 01-Oct-2009 The church was first mentioned in 1180. In 1512 the side altars were rebuilt. In 1663 it was rebuilt from the original gothic style by the Capuchin friars.

References

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