Rodels

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Country Switzerland Elevation 684 m (2,244 ft) Local time Tuesday 8:56 AM Postal code 7415		Canton Graubünden SFOS number 3636 Population 274 (31 Dec 2008) District Hinterrhein District

Surrounded by Almens, Cazis, Paspels, Pratval Website www.domleschg.ch SFSO statistics Weather 8°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 87% Humidity

Rodels (Romansh: Roten) is a former municipality in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, located in the district of Hinterrhein. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.

Map of Rodels, Switzerland

History

Rodels is first mentioned in the mid-12th Century as ad Rautine.

Geography

Before the merger, Rodels had a total area of 1.7 km² (0.66 sq mi). Of this area, 50% is used for agricultural purposes, while 35.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The former municipality is located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It consists of a linear village and a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) as well as the hamlet of Nueins. The municipality is located on a low terrace on the right side of the Hinterrhein.

Demographics

Rodels had a population (as of 2013) of 267. As of 2008, 4.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.5%.

As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. The age distribution, as of 2000, in Rodels is; 35 people or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 27 people or 9.6% are 10 to 14, and 17 people or 6.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 34 people or 12.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 52 people or 18.5% are 30 to 39, 46 people or 16.4% are 40 to 49, and 28 people or 10.0% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 18 people or 6.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 16 people or 5.7% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 2.5% who are 80 to 89, and there are 1 people or 0.4% who are 90 to 99.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (23%), the CVP (20.4%) and the FDP (14.6%).

In Rodels about 80% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Rodels has an unemployment rate of 0.52%. As of 2005, there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 23 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 12 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table: