'Casti-Wergenstein' or 'Casti-Vargistagn' is a
municipality in the district of
Hinterrhein in the
Swiss canton of
Graubünden.
Languages
The municipality was once exclusively
Romansh-speaking, using the Sursilvan dialect. However, since
World War I, German has grown to the point that it is about evenly divided between Romansh-speaking and German-speaking population. Both are used as official languages in the municipality.
| 'Languages in Casti-Wergenstein' |
| 'Language' | 'Census of 1980' | 'Census of 1990' | 'Census of 2000' | |||
| 'Number' | 'Percentage' | 'Number' | 'Percentage' | 'Number' | 'Percentage' |
| German | 7 | 19.44 % | 14 | 32.56 % | 24 | 42.86 % |
| Romansh | 29 | 80.56 % | 29 | 67.44 % | 31 | 55.36 % |
| Italian | 0 | 0.00 % | 0 | 0.00 % | 1 | 1.79 % |
| 'Population' | 36 | 100 % | 43 | 100 % | 56 | 100 % |