| Subject Name: | Rodels |
| Municipality Type: | former |
| Canton: | Graubünden |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-GR |
| Coordinates: | 46.7333°N 35°W |
| Postal Code: | 7415 |
| Municipality Code: | 3636 |
| Area: | 1.68 |
| Elevation: | 684 |
| Population: | 267 |
| Populationof: | Dec 2013 |
| Website: | www.domleschg.ch |
| Neighboring Municipalities: | Almens, Cazis, Paspels, Pratval |
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.[1]
Rodels is first mentioned in the mid-12th Century as ad Rautine.
Before the merger, Rodels had a total area of 1.7km2. Of this area, 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) 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.
Rodels had a population (as of 2013) of 267.[2], 7.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Between 2000 and 2010, the population number was stable.[3] Between 2010 and 2013, the population has declined by 5%.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.[4] The age distribution,, 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.[5]
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the BDP (22.1%), SPS (17.8%) and the CVP (15.5%).
In Rodels 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).
As of 2011, Rodels had an unemployment rate of 1.05%., there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the secondary sector. 23 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1803 | 106 |
| 1850 | 135 |
| 1900 | 147 |
| 1950 | 178 |
| 1980 | 155 |
| 2000 | 281 |
Most of the population speaks German (90.7%), with Romansh being second most common (3.9%) and Italian being third (1.8%).
| Languages | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||
| align=right | 125 | align=right | 80.65% | align=right | 204 | align=right | 91.89% | align=right | 255 | align=right | 90.75% | ||
| Romanish | align=right | 25 | align=right | 16.13% | align=right | 10 | align=right | 4.50% | align=right | 11 | align=right | 3.91% | |
| align=right | 5 | align=right | 3.23% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 2.25% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 1.78% | ||
| Population | align=right | 155 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 222 | align=right | 100% | align=right | 281 | align=right | 100% | |
Rhaetian Railway operate services to Rodels-Realta (Rhaetian Railway station) nearby.