[3] Throughout the Middle Ages until the Act of Mediation, which ended the French controlled Helvetic Republic in 1803, Schluein was under the authority of the Herrschaft of the Löwenberg.

Of the rest of the land, 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[4] Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Ilanz sub-district of the Surselva district on the left flank of the Gruob.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Schluein is; 77 children or 12.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 76 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19.

[7] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 36% of the vote.

Peder e Paul is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.