Bonaduz is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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.

Geography

Bonaduz has an area,, of 14.5 km2. 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). Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Rhäzüns sub-district, of the Imboden district, after 2017 it became part of the Imboden Region. 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 ;-;

Bonaduz has a population (as of ) of. The historical population was as follows: , 10.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. , the gender distribution was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. , the age distribution was as follows:

Religions

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

Languages

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

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).

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%).

Economy

, Bonaduz has an unemployment rate of 1.41%. Employment and businesses were organized as follows:

Transportation

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