Tinizong-Rona | ||
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Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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Coordinates: 46°35′N 9°37′E / 46.583°N 9.617°ECoordinates: 46°35′N 9°37′E / 46.583°N 9.617°E | ||
Country | Switzerland | |
Canton | Grisons | |
District | Albula | |
Government | ||
• Executive | Gemeindevorstand | |
• Mayor | Gemeindepräsident | |
Area | ||
• Total | 54.30 km2 (20.97 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 1,232 m (4,042 ft) | |
Population (Dec 2014) | ||
• Total | 320 | |
• Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) | |
Postal code | 7453 Tinizong 7454 Rona |
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SFOS number | 3541 | |
Surrounded by | Bergün/Bravuogn, Bever, Filisur, Mulegns, Savognin, Sur | |
Website |
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Tinizong-Rona is a former municipality in the district of Albula in the Sursés in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was formed in 1998 from the villages of Tinizong and Rona. The local administration is situated in Tinizong. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.
Tinizong is mentioned during the Nervan–Antonine dynasty (96 to 192) of the Roman Empire as Tinetione, a station on the Roman Septimer Pass route. Rona is first mentioned in 1330 as Rouenam. In 1377 it was mentioned as Rouvena, and in 1412 as Rofna.
Tinizong-Rona had an area, as of 2006[update], of 54.3 km2 (21.0 sq mi). Of this area, 32.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the sub-district of Sursés, in the Albula district. It is located along the route to the Julier pass. It consists of the villages of Tinizong and Rona. Rona consists of Ober-Rona (Romansh: Ruegnas) on a terrace and Unter-Rona (Romansh: Rieven) along the banks of the Gelgia. Rieven used to be located on the same site as the hamlet of Livizung (the hamlet was destroyed in 1580 by a rock slide), but moved following repeated flooding of the river. In 1998 the municipalities merged to form the municipality of Rona-Tinizong.