Donat is a

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in the

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in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of

Casti-Wergenstein Casti-Wergenstein or Casti-Vargistagn is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipali ...

, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of

Muntogna da Schons Muntogna da Schons is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Switzerland ...

History

Donat is first mentioned in the middle 12th Century as ''ad Anede''.

Geography

Donat had an area, , of . Of this area, 39.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the former municipality was located in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016
accessed 16 February 2017 It is located on the lower Schamserberg, and on the left bank of the Hinterrhein. It consists of the settlement of Donat and Pazen-Farden. On 1 January 2003, the municipalities of Donath and Patzen-Fardün merged. At the same time, the names were converted back to Romansh, with Donath becoming Donat, Patzen became Pazen and Fardün became Farden. This change occurred as the combined municipality had a majority of Romansh speakers.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009) Donat is a

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with the sections of Curscheglias, Tarvisch and Tscharviof.

Demographics

Donat had a population (as of 2019) of 201. , 5.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.3%.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 06-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 43.0% male and 57.0% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Donat is; 20 people or 15.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 16 people or 12.0% are 10 to 14, and 7 people or 5.3% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 11 people or 8.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 21 people or 15.8% are 30 to 39, 13 people or 9.8% are 40 to 49, and 13 people or 9.8% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 11 people or 8.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 10 people or 7.5% are 70 to 79, there are 10 people or 7.5% who are 80 to 89, and there are 1 people or 0.8% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(25%), the FDP (13.7%) and the CVP (7.3%). In Donat about 78.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Donat has an unemployment rate of 0.1%. , there were 56 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the

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and there are businesses in this sector. 42 people are employed in the

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, with 5 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

The municipality is almost evenly divided between Romansh- and German-speaking population, with Romansh predominating slightly. Most of the population () speaks Rhaeto-Romance (53.8%), with German being second most common (41.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 4.1%).

References

External links

Official Web site
{{Authority control Muntogna da Schons Former municipalities of Graubünden