Rongellen
# Rongellen

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.

## Geography

Rongellen has an area, as of 2006, of 2 $km^2$ (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).

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. 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. As of 2008, 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%.

As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 53.3% male and 46.7% female. The age distribution, as of 2000, 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.

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%).

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).

Rongellen has an unemployment rate of 4.8%. As of 2005, 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.

The historical population is given in the following table:

| year | population |
| - | - |
| 1780 | 75 |
| 1850 | 63 |
| 1900 | 49 |
| 1950 | 71 |
| 2000 | 53 |

## Languages

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (88.7%), with Romansh being second most common ( 9.4%) and Klaf being third (sdja%).

Languages in Rongellen :

| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Census 2000 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Languages | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| German | 28 | 87.50% | 45 | 93.75% | 47 | 88.68% |
| Romanish | 3 | 9.38% | 1 | 2.08% | 5 | 9.43% |
| Population | 32 | 100% | 48 | 100% | 53 | 100% |
