Rongellen

Rongellen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Viamala
BFS no. :	3711
Postal code :	7430
Coordinates :	752 636  /  170322 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '0 "  N , 9 ° 26' 0"  O ; CH1903:  752,636  /  170322
Height :	1003  m above sea level M.
Height range :	746–1966 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.02  km²
Residents:	53 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
The bridge over the Viamala, the symbol of Rongellen's coat of arms
Location of the municipality

Rongellen ( Romansh Runcáglia , Runtgaglia or Runtgiaglia ) is a municipality in the Viamala region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold (yellow) a fallen blue tip, covered with a silver arch bridge

Heraldic representation of the Viamala and the Viamala Gorge spanned by bridges .

geography

Rongellen lies on the edge of the Viamala, halfway between Thusis and Zillis. Neighboring communities of Rongellen are Lohn , Thusis , Sils im Domleschg and Zillis-Reischen .

population

Population development

year	1780	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2016
Residents	75	63	49	71	32	53	44	61

languages

The community residents have spoken German since the settlement in the Middle Ages. It is unclear whether they are descended from immigrant Walsers . Up until the beginning of the First World War, there were always Romansh-speaking immigrants from the surrounding communities (share in 1900 22%, 1910 17%). Today, this group of people only includes individual people, as the following table shows:

Languages ​​in Rongellen

languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	28	87.50%	45	93.75%	47	88.68%
Romansh	3	9.38%	1	2.08%	5	9.43%
Residents	32	100%	48	100%	53	100%

The official language is German.

Origin and nationality

Of the 44 residents at the end of 2005, 41 were Swiss nationals.

Special

Rongellen has been the municipality with the lowest tax rate in Graubünden for several years (around 1999). It is 30% of the simple cantonal tax.

literature

• Jürg Simonett: Rongellen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .

Web links

Commons : Rongellen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rongellen on the ETHorama platform
• Page about Rongellen on the Viamala website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Municipal tax rate ( memento of the original from December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Graubünden Office for Economics and Tourism, accessed on February 15, 2012.