Samedan

Samedan is a municipality of the district Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Samedan
Location of Samedan
Samedan
Samedan
Coordinates: 46°32′0″N 9°52′40″E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonGraubünden
DistrictMaloja
Government
  MayorGemeindepräsident
Jon Fadri Huder
(as of 2008)
Area
  Total113.80 km2 (43.94 sq mi)
Elevation
1,721 m (5,646 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[2]
  Total2,924
  Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
7503
SFOS number3786
Surrounded byBergün/Bravuogn, Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Lanzada (IT-SO), La Punt-Chamues-ch, Pontresina, St. Moritz, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Silvaplana
Twin townsLe Mont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland)
Websitewww.samedan.ch
SFSO statistics

Engadin Airport is in the municipality.

Samedan Airport

Languages

Languages of Samedan[3]
LanguagesCensus 1970Census 1980Census 1990Census 2000
NumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
German1,09642.6%1,14044.7%1,56754.5%1,88661.5%
Romansh79130.7%84132.9%64922.6%51116.7%
Italian56121.8%45117.7%47616.6%45814.9%
Total2,574100%2,553100%2,875100%3,069100%

References

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