Bonaduz

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Bonaduz
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Bonaduz
Coordinates: 46°49′N9°24′E / 46.817°N 9.400°E / 46.817; 9.400
Country Switzerland
Canton Grisons
District Imboden
Area
[1]
 • Total
14.40 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018) [2]
 • Total
3,330
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
7402
SFOS number 3721
ISO 3166 code CH-GR
Surrounded by Domat/Ems, Rhäzüns, Tamins, Trin, Versam
Website www.bonaduz.ch
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Bonaduz (Romansh : Panaduz) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

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History

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. [3]

Geography

Vorderrhein and Ruinaulta as seen from Zault Observation Deck in Bonaduz Ruinaulta from Zault Observation Deck.jpg
Vorderrhein and Ruinaulta as seen from Zault Observation Deck in Bonaduz
Confluence of the Rhein river near Reichenau. Rhein Zusammenfluss.jpg
Confluence of the Rhein river near Reichenau.
Upper Rhein valley, from Bonaduz to Chur. Oberes Rheintal von Bonaduz bis Chur.JPG
Upper Rhein valley, from Bonaduz to Chur.

Bonaduz has an area, as of 2006, of 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi). 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). [4]

Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Rhäzüns sub-district, of the Imboden district, after 2017 it became part of the Imboden Region. [5] 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.

Demographics

Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923) ETH-BIB-Bonaduz v. W. aus 300 m-Inlandfluge-LBS MH01-003921.tif
Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Bonaduz has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 3,468. [6] The historical population was as follows: [3]

YearPopulation
20203,468
20102,738
20002,433
19501,039
1900886
1850581

As of 2008, 10.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. [4]

As of 2000, the gender distribution was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. [7]

As of 2000, the age distribution was as follows: [8]

Age groupPopulation% of total
Children (0-9yrs)37315.3%
Pre-teen (10-14yrs)1626.7%
Teenagers (15-19yrs)1586.5%
Adults (20-29yrs)2199.0%
Adults (30-39yrs)48920.1%
Adults (40-49yrs)39416.2%
Adults (50-59yrs)29212.0%
Seniors (60-69yrs)1506.2%
Seniors (70-79yrs)1335.5%
Seniors (80-89yrs)542.2%
Seniors (90-99yrs)90.4%

Religions

As of 2000, most of the population is Roman Catholic (59.9%) or Swiss Reformed (26.9%). The other religious beliefs were as follows: [8]

ReligionPopulation% of Total
Roman Catholic 1,45759.9%
Swiss Reformed 65426.9%
Orthodox Christian100.41%
Other Christian471.93%
Islam 451.85%
Other religion140.58%
No religion (agnostic or atheist)1204.93%
No answer863.53%

Languages

As of 2000, most of the population speaks Swiss German (88.0%), with Romansh being second most common (5.4%), and Italian being third (2.1%). [4]

Languages in Bonaduz
LanguagesCensus 1980Census 1990Census 2000
NumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
German 118679.12%162085.81%214087.96%
Romansh 16611.07%1146.04%1315.38%
Italian 805.34%392.07%522.14%
Population1499100%1888100%2433100%

Education

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 ). [4]

Politics

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%). [4]

Economy

As of 2005, Bonaduz has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. Employment and businesses were organized as follows: [4]

SectorPeople EmployedBusinesses Involved
Primary (raw materials)3211
Secondary (manufacturing)55526
Tertiary (service)36174

Transportation

Bonaduz railway station SBB Historic - F 122 00133 003 - Bonaduz RhB Stationsgebaeude mit Gueterschuppen Bahnseite.jpg
Bonaduz railway station

Rhaetian Railway operate services to Bonaduz (Rhaetian Railway station).

References

  1. ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Bonaduz in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed 08-Oct-2009
  5. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  6. ↑ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Graubunden in Numbers Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009
  8. 1 2 Graubunden Population Statistics Archived August 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 21 September 2009
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