Rabius is the largest village in the municipality of Sumvitg

Sumvitg

Sumvitg is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-Geography:Sumvitg has an area, , of . Of this area, 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.8% is forested...

, Graubünden

Graubünden

Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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. It has a station

Rabius-Surrein (Rhaetian Railway station)

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 on the Disentis - Reichenau line of the Rhaetian Railway. The name is mentioned for the first time in a 1203 document.

Two rivers flow past the village which could be for the inhabitants occasionally quite rabiat (in the local dialect), therefore giving the name "Rabius" to the village.

In former days, on these streams watermills were built (reflected in the Rabius coat of arms). The mills provided power for amongst other places, the local carpenter's workshop.

Rabius has 574 inhabitants, most of whom are occupied in trade and handicraft. Rabius is not particularly a tourism centre.