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Tumegl/Tomils is a village in the
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' ...
of
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 ...
in the district of Hinterrhein in the
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of Graubünden. In 2009 Tumegl/Tomils merged with
Feldis/Veulden Feldis/Veulden is a village in the municipality of Domleschg in the Viamala Region of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Formerly its own municipality, Feldis merged with surrounding municipalities in 2009 to form the municipality of Tomils and ag ...
,
Scheid Scheid is a village in the municipality of Tomils in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Scheid merged with Feldis/Veulden, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils to form the municipality of Tomils.
and
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to form the municipality of Tomils.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009


History

Tumegl/Tomils is first mentioned in 1141 as ''in Tumillis''.


Geography

Tumegl/Tomils has an area, , of . Of this area, 34% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The village is located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It is located on a low terrace on the right bank of the Hinterrhine. In 2009 Tumegl/Tomils merged with Feldis/Veulden, Scheid and Trans to form the municipality of Tomils. Until 1943 Tumegl/Tomils was known as Tomils.


Demographics

Tumegl/Tomils has a population () of 365, of which 5.2% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.7%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 06-Oct-2009
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009
The age distribution, , in Tumegl/Tomils is; 48 people or 15.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 31 people or 9.7% are 10 to 14, and 26 people or 8.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 24 people or 7.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 55 people or 17.1% are 30 to 39, 52 people or 16.2% are 40 to 49, and 22 people or 6.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 17 people or 5.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 28 people or 8.7% are 70 to 79, there are 12 people or 3.7% who are 80 to 89, there are 5 people or 1.6% who are 90 to 99, and 1 person or 0.3% who is 100 or more.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28%), the CVP (21.1%) and the FDP (13.4%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Tumegl/Tomils about 86.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory
upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
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 ...
''). Tumegl/Tomils has an unemployment rate of 0.87%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 14 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 constructi ...
and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 18 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 8 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:


Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (91.3%), with Romansh being second most common ( 4.0%) and Albanian being third ( 2.2%).


Heritage sites of national significance

The S. Maria e Maurezzi Church, Burg Ortenstein (Ortenstein castle) and Sogn Murezi (an
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church) are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 06-Oct-2009
File:Ortenstein2.jpg, Burg Ortenstein File:ETH-BIB-Tumegl, Tomils, Schloss Ortenstein, Domleschg-LBS H1-010131.tif, Aerial view (1947)


References


External links


Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tumegl Tomils Former municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden Domleschg rm:Tumegl