Riein
title: "Riein" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ilanz/glion", "former-municipalities-of-the-grisons"] topic_path: "general/ilanz-glion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riein" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Riein |
| image_photo | Riein 2011.jpg |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Riein COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Riein.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Surselva |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 7128 |
| municipality_code | 3579 |
| area | 15.82 |
| elevation | 1270 |
| population | 67 |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Castrisch, Duvin, Pitasch, Safien, Sevgein, Tenna, Valendas |
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|subject_name = Riein |image_photo = Riein 2011.jpg |municipality_type = former |imagepath_coa = CHE Riein COA.svg |imagepath_flag = Flag of Riein.gif |languages = |canton = Graubünden |iso-code-region = CH-GR |district = Surselva |coordinates = |postal_code = 7128 |municipality_code = 3579 |area = 15.82 |elevation = 1270|elevation_description= |population = 67 |populationof= Dec 2011 |website = |mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= |mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = |places = |demonym = |neighboring_municipalities= Castrisch, Duvin, Pitasch, Safien, Sevgein, Tenna, Valendas |twintowns = Riein () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Riein, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.
History
Riein is first mentioned in 765 as Renino. In 960 it was mentioned as Raine.
Geography
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Before the merger, Riein had a total area of 15.8 km2. Of this area, 21.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (39.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Ilanz sub-district of the Surselva district. It is located at the entrance to the Lumnezia on a terrace east of the Glenner. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Riein and the hamlet of Signina, which joined Riein in 1904-05. Signina is separated from Reien by the Val da Riein.
Demographics
Riein had a population (as of 2011) of 67. , 1.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -22.2%. Most of the population () speaks Romansh(63.4%), with German being second most common (35.2%) and Italian being third ( 1.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 45.7% male and 54.3% female. The age distribution, , in Riein is; 6 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 7 teenagers or 9.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 5 people or 7.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 9 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 9 people or 12.7% are between 40 and 49, and 13 people or 18.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 8 people or 11.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 11 people or 15.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 2 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89 there is 1 person who is between 90 and 99.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 68.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (23%), the CVP (4.4%) and the SP (3.7%).
In Riein about 50% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Riein has an unemployment rate of 0.54%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. people are employed in the secondary sector and there are businesses in this sector. 3 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 218 |
| 1930 | 118 |
| 1950 | 126 |
| 1960 | 104 |
| 1970 | 91 |
| 1980 | 92 |
| 1990 | 89 |
| 2000 | 71 |
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References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{webarchive. link. (2015-11-13 {{in lang). de accessed 13 December 2014
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 23 January 2014
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive. link. (September 24, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (August 27, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- {{HDS. 1442. Riein
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