Castiel (Grisons)

Geschichte

Castiel is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Castiel, Calfreisen, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.HistoryCastiel is first mentioned in 1132 as Castellum.GeographyBefore the merger, Castiel had a total area of 5.4km2. Of this area, 43.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The former municipality is located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district on the northern face of the Schanfigg. It consists of the village of Castiel with the two sections of Oberdorf and Unterdorf.Nearby, in Lüen, is the Lüen-Castiel railway station, on the Chur-Arosa railway line.DemographicsCastiel had a population of 128., 6.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.4%. Most of the population speaks German, with the rest speaking Romansh .