Paspels () is a former

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in the district of Hinterrhein in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of

Almens Almens (''Romansh language, Romansh: Almen'') is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 201 ...

, Paspels, Pratval,

Rodels 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 fo ...

and

Tomils Tomils is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Fel ...

merged to form the new municipality of

Domleschg Domleschg is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.

.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

Paspels is first mentioned in 1237 as ''in villa Pascuals'' though the original record no longer exists. In 1246 it was mentioned as ''de Pascuals''.

Geography

Before the merger, Paspels had a total area of . Of this area, 33.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.9%) 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

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and a ''haufendorf'' (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) on a terrace above the Hinterrhine as well as the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

of Dusch and Canova. Canovasee is a lake located in the municipality.

Demographics

Paspels had a population (as of 2013) of 475.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 16 January 2015 , 3.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.8%. , the gender distribution of the population was 47.4% male and 52.6% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Paspels is; 72 people or 17.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 29 people or 7.1% are 10 to 14, and 19 people or 4.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 26 people or 6.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 65 people or 15.9% are 30 to 39, 70 people or 17.1% are 40 to 49, and 46 people or 11.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 38 people or 9.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 26 people or 6.4% are 70 to 79, there are 16 people or 3.9% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 0.5% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 39.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23%), the FDP (17.8%) and the CVP (15.7%). In Paspels about 81.5% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Paspels has an unemployment rate of 0.6%. , there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 8 people are employed in the

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and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 63 people are employed in the

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, with 14 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages

Most of the population () speaks German (94.4%), with Romansh being second most common ( 3.7%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%).

Heritage sites of national significance

The Church of S. Luregn/St. Lorenz and the Chapel of S. Maria-Magdalena in the hamlet of Dusch are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The

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Church of S. Luregn/St. Lorenz was first mentioned in 1237. It was the

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for the right side of the Hinterrhein valley. The Chapel of S. Maria-Magdalena was built in 1508 and was initially under the monastery of

Churwalden Churwalden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It incorporates the former municipalities of Malix and Parpan. History Churwalden is first mentioned in 1149 as ''silva Augeria''. In 1191 it w ...

. However, in the 16th century, the hamlet of Dusch converted to the

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and therefore the chapel was also converted.

Sightseeing Attractions

* 1996–1998: sixth form schoolhouse by Valerio Olgiati and intern Raphael Zuber

References

External links

Official Web site
{{Authority control Former municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Switzerland Domleschg