Samedan
municipality in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland
Samedan is a municipality of the district Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Samedan | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Samedan  | |
  Samedan  Samedan | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′0″N 9°52′40″E / 46.53333°N 9.87778°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Graubünden |
| District | Maloja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Jon Fadri Huder (as of 2008) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 113.80 km2 (43.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,721 m (5,646 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,924 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7503 |
| SFOS number | 3786 |
| Surrounded by | Bergün/Bravuogn, Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Lanzada (IT-SO), La Punt-Chamues-ch, Pontresina, St. Moritz, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Silvaplana |
| Twin towns | Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Engadin Airport is in the municipality.
Languages
change| Languages of Samedan[3] | ||||||||
| Languages | Census 1970 | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 1,096 | 42.6% | 1,140 | 44.7% | 1,567 | 54.5% | 1,886 | 61.5% |
| Romansh | 791 | 30.7% | 841 | 32.9% | 649 | 22.6% | 511 | 16.7% |
| Italian | 561 | 21.8% | 451 | 17.7% | 476 | 16.6% | 458 | 14.9% |
| Total | 2,574 | 100% | 2,553 | 100% | 2,875 | 100% | 3,069 | 100% |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000[permanent dead link] (in German) accessed 6 September 2016
Other websites
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Media related to Samedan at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of the municipality of Samedan (in German)
- Engadin Airport - Official website
