In 1956-58, on the hill Mottata, a significant prehistoric site was discovered. The Mottata site contains three settlement horizons, two from the mid and early Bronze Age and one from the early Iron Age.
Geography
Ramosch had an area,, of. Of this area, 32.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The former municipality was located in the Ramosch sub-district of the Inn district. It is along the left bank of the Inn river. It consists of the village of Ramosch and the village section of Vnà as well as the settlements of Raschvella and Seraplana. Until 1943 Ramosch was known as Remüs.
Demographics
Ramosch had a population of 483., 7.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.6%. , the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The age distribution,, in Ramosch is; 55 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 34 teenagers or 7.7% are 10 to 14, and 29 teenagers or 6.6% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 37 people or 8.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 54 people or 12.3% are 30 to 39, 63 people or 14.3% are 40 to 49, and 54 people or 12.3% are 50 to 59. The seniorpopulation distribution is 42 people or 9.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 42 people or 9.5% are 70 to 79, there are 25 people or 5.7% who are 80 to 89, and there are 5 people or 1.1% who are 90 to 99. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SPS and the CVP. In Ramosch about 59.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Ramosch has an unemployment rate of 0.62%., there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 89 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 10 businesses in this sector. 70 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:
year
population
1835
681
1850
621
1900
558
1950
565
2000
440
2010
484
Languages
Most of the population speaks Romansh, with German being second most common and Dutch being third.
