Tumegl/Tomils

Tumegl/Tomils is a village in the municipality of Tomils in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Tumegl/Tomils merged with Feldis/Veulden, Scheid and Trans to form the municipality of Tomils.

History
Tumegl/Tomils is first mentioned in 1141 as in Tumillis.

Geography
Tumegl/Tomils has an area,, of 3.2 km2. Of this area, 34% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The village is located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district. It is located on a low terrace on the right bank of the Hinterrhine. In 2009 Tumegl/Tomils merged with Feldis/Veulden, Scheid and Trans to form the municipality of Tomils. Until 1943 Tumegl/Tomils was known as Tomils.

Demographics
Tumegl/Tomils has a population of 365, of which 5.2% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.7%.

, the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. The age distribution,, in Tumegl/Tomils is; 48 people or 15.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 31 people or 9.7% are 10 to 14, and 26 people or 8.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 24 people or 7.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 55 people or 17.1% are 30 to 39, 52 people or 16.2% are 40 to 49, and 22 people or 6.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 17 people or 5.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 28 people or 8.7% are 70 to 79, there are 12 people or 3.7% who are 80 to 89, there are 5 people or 1.6% who are 90 to 99, and 1 person or 0.3% who is 100 or more.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (28%), the CVP (21.1%) and the FDP (13.4%).

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Tumegl/Tomils about 86.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Tumegl/Tomils has an unemployment rate of 0.87%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 14 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 18 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

Languages
Most of the population speaks German (91.3%), with Romansh being second most common ( 4.0%) and Albanian being third ( 2.2%).

Heritage sites of national significance
The S. Maria e Maurezzi Church, Burg Ortenstein (Ortenstein castle) and Sogn Murezi (an early medieval church) are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.