Samedan
Samedan is a municipality of the district Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Samedan
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| Coordinates: 46°32′0″N 9°52′40″E / 46.53333°N 9.87778°ECoordinates: 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 | 113.97 km2 (44.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,721 m (5,646 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2016) | |
| • Total | 2,980 |
| • Density | 26.15/km2 (67.72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7503 |
| 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
| Languages of Samedan[1] | ||||||||
| 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% |
Samedan Media
Samedan town hall in winter
Houses in Samedan, Graubünden
Airport Samedan
Church of the Sacred Heart
Biblioteca da la Fundaziun de Planta
References
Other websites
Media related to Samedan at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of the municipality of Samedan (in German)
- Engadin Airport - Official website
