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Alvaneu
Canton	Grisons
District	Albula
Coordinates	46°41′N 9°39′E
Population	421   (December 2005)
Area	35.63 km²
Elevation	1181 m
Postal code	7492
SFOS number	3511
Mayor	Thomas Kollegger
Website	www.alvaneu.ch
Alvaneu

Alvaneu is a municipality in the Albula district of the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It consists of Alvaneu-Dorf and Alvaneu-Bad. The area is 35.68 km² and the population 421. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Grisons or Graubünden (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Albula is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... now. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Albula is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Grisons or Graubünden (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ...

Languages

The traditional language of the population until the middle of the 19th century was Romansch. However, in 1880, only 80.1% of the inhabitants spoke Romansch as their native language. This erosion continued (1910: 68.06%, 1941: 56.0%, 1970: 47.03%). 1960 was the last census that counted a Romansch-speaking majority. Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of the four national languages of Switzerland, along with German, Italian and French. ...

Although 31% still speak Romansch, German is now the only offical language for municipality business. Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of the four national languages of Switzerland, along with German, Italian and French. ...

External links

• Gemeinde Alvaneu -- official site of the municipality (German)
• Bad Alvaneu -- thermal baths (German)
• Alvaneu in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience. ...

Municipalities in the district of Albula, Switzerland

Alvaneu | Alvaschein | Bergün/Bravuogn | Bivio | Brienz/Brinzauls | Cunter | Filisur | Lantsch/Lenz | Marmorera | Mon | Mulegns | Mutten | Riom-Parsonz | Salouf | Savognin | Schmitten | Stierva | Sur | Surava | Tiefencastel | Tinizong-Rona | Vaz/Obervaz | Wiesen Image File history File links Grisons-coat_of_arms. ... Albula is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Bivio is a municipality in the Albula district of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. ... Cunter (Romansh, in German: Conters im Oberhalbstein) is a village in the Albula district of the Swiss Canton of Graubünden, on the road to the Julier Pass, between Tiefencastel and Savognin. ... Filisur is a municipality in the district of Albula, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Marmorera is a municipality in the district of Albula, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Savognin (in local dialect Suagnign, Italian Savognino, German official name, until 1890 Schweiningen) is a municipality in the Albula District in canton Graubünden in Switzerland. ... Tiefencastel (Romansh: Casti) is a municipality in the district of Albula, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ...

Graubünden | Districts of Canton Graubünden | Municipalities of the canton of Graubünden Graubünden or Grisons (German:  ; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun, French: Grisons) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... There are 209 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland (as of April 2004). ...