| Subject Name: | Bonaduz |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Imagepath Coa: | CHE Bonaduz COA.svg |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.8167°N 33°W |
| Postal Code: | 7402 |
| Municipality Code: | 3721 |
| Area: | 14.45 |
| Population: | 3183 |
| Populationof: | December 2015 |
| Popofyear: | 2015 |
| Website: | www.bonaduz.ch |
Bonaduz (Romansh: Panaduz) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Bonaduz is first mentioned in 960 as Beneduces. Until 1854, the German-speaking hamlet of Sculms belonged to Bonaduz. Following a vote in that year, Sculms joined Versam.
Bonaduz has an area,, of 14.5km2. Of this area, 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Rhäzüns sub-district, of the Imboden district, after 2017 it became part of the Imboden Region.[1] It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Bonaduz on a high plain south-west of the confluence of the Hinterrhein and Vorderrhein.
Bonaduz has a population (as of) of . The historical population was as follows:
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,468 |
| 2010 | 2,738 |
| 2000 | 2,433 |
| 1950 | 1,039 |
| 1900 | 886 |
| 1850 | 581 |
, 10.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[2]
, the gender distribution was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.[3]
, the age distribution was as follows:[4]
| Age group | Population | % of total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children (0-9yrs) | 373 | 15.3% | |
| Pre-teen (10-14yrs) | 162 | 6.7% | |
| Teenagers (15-19yrs) | 158 | 6.5% | |
| Adults (20-29yrs) | 219 | 9.0% | |
| Adults (30-39yrs) | 489 | 20.1% | |
| Adults (40-49yrs) | 394 | 16.2% | |
| Adults (50-59yrs) | 292 | 12.0% | |
| Seniors (60-69yrs) | 150 | 6.2% | |
| Seniors (70-79yrs) | 133 | 5.5% | |
| Seniors (80-89yrs) | 54 | 2.2% | |
| Seniors (90-99yrs) | 9 | 0.4% |
, most of the population is Roman Catholic (59.9%) or Swiss Reformed (26.9%). The other religious beliefs were as follows:[4]
| Religion | Population | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic | 1,457 | 59.9% |
| Swiss Reformed | 654 | 26.9% |
| Orthodox Christian | 10 | 0.41% |
| Other Christian | 47 | 1.93% |
| Islam | 45 | 1.85% |
| Other religion | 14 | 0.58% |
| No religion (agnostic or atheist) | 120 | 4.93% |
| No answer | 86 | 3.53% |
, most of the population speaks Swiss German (88.0%), with Romansh being second most common (5.4%), and Italian being third (2.1%).[2]
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 1186 | align=right | 79.12% | align=right | 1620 | align=right | 85.81% | align=right | 2140 | align=right | 87.96% | ||
| align=right | 166 | align=right | 11.07% | align=right | 114 | align=right | 6.04% | align=right | 131 | align=right | 5.38% | ||
| align=right | 80 | align=right | 5.34% | align=right | 39 | align=right | 2.07% | align=right | 52 | align=right | 2.14% | ||
| Population | align=right | 1499 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 1888 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 2433 | align=right | 100% | |
In Bonaduz about 77.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[2]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 32% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (31.9%), the SPS (22.4%) and the FDP (12.3%).[2]
, Bonaduz has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. Employment and businesses were organized as follows:[2]
| Sector | People Employed | Businesses Involved |
|---|---|---|
| Primary (raw materials) | 32 | 11 |
| Secondary (manufacturing) | 555 | 26 |
| Tertiary (service) | 361 | 74 |
Rhaetian Railway operate services to Bonaduz (Rhaetian Railway station).