Paspels (Romansh: Pasqual) is a former municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

[1] Paspels is first mentioned in 1237 as in villa Pascuals though the original record no longer exists.

Of the rest of the land, 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

It consists of a linear village and a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) on a terrace above the Hinterrhine as well as the hamlets of Dusch and Canova.

[4] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Paspels is; 72 people or 17.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old.

[5] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 39.7% of the vote.

Lorenz and the Chapel of S. Maria-Magdalena in the hamlet of Dusch are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.