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Rongellen
Rongellen
Municipality
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	Location of Rongellen
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	Coordinates: 46°40′37″N 9°26′44″E / 46.67694°N 9.44556°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Viamala
Area
• Total	2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi)
Elevation	1,003 m (3,291 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	52
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7430
SFOS number	3711
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Surrounded by	Lohn, Sils im Domleschg, Thusis, Zillis-Reischen
Website	www.rongellen.ch ; SFSO statistics

Rongellen is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, located in the Viamala Region.

History

Rongellen is first mentioned in 1344 as Rungal.^[3]

Geography

Rongellen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 2 km² (0.77 sq mi). 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).^[4]

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.^[5] 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 31 December 2020) of 56.^[6] As of 2008^[update], 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%.^[4]

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 53.3% male and 46.7% female.^[7] The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], 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.^[8]

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%).^[4]

In Rongellen about 69.6% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).^[4]

Rongellen has an unemployment rate of 4.8%. As of 2005^[update], 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 and there are no businesses in this sector. 3 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.^[4]

The historical population is given in the following table:^[3]