Chur

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E / 46.850°N 9.533°ECoordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E / 46.850°N 9.533°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Plessur
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat ; with 3 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list); Urs Marti FDP; (as of February 2014)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat ; with 21 members
Area
• Total	28.01 km2 (10.81 sq mi)
Elevation (Postplatz)	593 m (1,946 ft)
Highest elevation (Fürhörnli)	1,885 m (6,184 ft)
Lowest elevation (Bettlerküche)	554 m (1,818 ft)
Population (December 2017)
• Total	35,038
• Density	1,250.91/km2 (3,239.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7000-7007
Localities	Altstadt, Sand, Kasernenquartier, Industriegebiet, Loestrasse-Lürlibad, Maladers, Masans, Rheinquartier
Surrounded by	Churwalden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Haldenstein, Maladers, Malix, Trimmis
Twin towns	Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), Terracina (Italy)
Website	www.chur.ch ; SFSO statistics

Chur or Coire is the capital city of the canton of Graubünden (also called Grisons). About 34.000 people live in the city, which is probably the oldest in Switzerland. The city is on the Rhine River.

Chur in 1642, by Matthäus Merian.

The name "chur" may come from the Celtic word kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia

Archaeological evidence that people lived here goes back as far as the Pfyn culture^[1] (3900-3500 BC),^[2] Various artefacts from the Bronze Age and Iron Age have been found in the city. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur was created in the 4th century. It was probably the first Roman Catholic diocese to be created north of the Alps.

On 1 January 2020, the municipality Maladers became part of Chur. On 1 January 2021, Haldenstein became a part of Chur.

Chur Media

Watercolour drawing of Chur by Francis Nicholson (1753–1844)
Chur c. 1870. Etching by Heinrich Müller
Mountain trip from Churwalden Mittelberg (1500 meter) via Ranculier and Praden towards Tschiertschen. View of Chur.
Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)
Chur from its highest point, called Fürhörnli, looking upstream
View of Chur from Versam
Mühleturm ("Mill Tower") Chur in 2011, before it was repainted as mural
Headquarters of Grisons Cantonal Bank in Postplatz, Chur
Railway and Post bus station

References

↑ Chur in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
↑ Schibler, J. 2006. The economy and environment of the 4th and 3rd millennia BC in the northern Alpine foreland based on studies of animal bones. Environmental Archaeology 11(1): 49-65

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[HDS_Chur-1] Chur in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[2] Schibler, J. 2006. The economy and environment of the 4th and 3rd millennia BC in the northern Alpine foreland based on studies of animal bones. Environmental Archaeology 11(1): 49-65

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Municipality in Switzerland

Coat of arms
Location of Chur Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E / 46.850°N 9.533°E / 46.850; 9.533Coordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E / 46.850°N 9.533°E / 46.850; 9.533
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Plessur
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 3 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Urs Marti FDP (as of February 2014)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat with 21 members
Area
• Total	28.01 km² (10.81 sq mi)
Elevation (Postplatz)	593 m (1,946 ft)
Highest elevation (Fürhörnli)	1,885 m (6,184 ft)
Lowest elevation (Bettlerküche)	554 m (1,818 ft)
Population (December 2017)
• Total	35,038
• Density	1,250.91/km² (3,239.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7000-7007
Localities	Altstadt, Sand, Kasernenquartier, Industriegebiet, Loestrasse-Lürlibad, Maladers, Masans, Rheinquartier
Surrounded by	Churwalden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Haldenstein, Maladers, Malix, Trimmis
Twin towns	Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), Terracina (Italy)
Website	www.chur.ch SFSO statistics