of Belmont. Geography Based on the 2009 survey, the former municipalities that make up Vals had an area of . Of this area, or 32.1% was used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.2% was forested. Of the rest of the land, or 0.6% was settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% was either rivers or lakes and or 52.9% was unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 1.7% is pastures and 30.4% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.0% is in lakes and 1.1% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 23.0% is unproductive vegetation, 26.9% is too rocky for vegetation and 3.0% of the land is covered by glaciers. Before the merger Vals had an area, , of . Of this area, 34.1% was used for agricultural purposes, while 7.9% was forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5% was settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (57.4%) was non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Lugnez sub-district of the Surselva district, after 2017 it was part of the Surselva Region. It consists of the village of Vals at an elevation of and the hamlets of Leis at an elevation of ). The highest point of the municipality is reached on Rheinwaldhorn on 3,402 m (11,161 ft). Zervreilasee is a reservoir in the valley, formed by a dam on the Vals Rhine. Demographics Vals has a population (as of ) of . , 10.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.4%), with Romansh being second most common ( 2.3%) and Italian being third ( 0.8%). , the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The age distribution, , in Vals is; 94 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 93 teenagers or 10.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 88 people or 9.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 114 people or 12.9% are between 30 and 39, 127 people or 14.4% are