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St. Moritz
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Grisons
District	Maloja
Coordinates	46°30′N, 9°50′E
Population	5121   (December 2005)
Area	28.69 km² (11.1 sq mi)
Elevation	1,822 m (5,978 ft)
Postal code	7500
SFOS number	3787
Surrounded by (view map)	Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Samedan, Silvaplana
Twin towns	Bariloche (Argentina), Kutchan (Japan), Vail (USA)
Website	www.stmoritz.ch
St. Moritz [zoom]

St. Moritz (German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. St. Moritz is considered the oldest winter resort in the world. Due to its favorable location residents enjoy over 300 days of sunshine a year. Every winter this alpine village hosts the "White Turf" horse race on the frozen Lake St. Moritz attended by the international Upper class. The official language is German. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... 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. ... 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St. Moritz with Lake St. Moritz

Popular pastimes include skiing and hiking, and nearby there is also the world famous Cresta Run toboggan course. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Lake St. ... Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ... Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... The Top at Cresta Run The Cresta Run is a natural ice three-quarter mile (1212. ... A modern bobsleigh toboggan A toboggan is a simple sled used on snow, to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope, for recreation. ...

The year-round population is 5600, with some 3000 seasonal employees supporting hotels and rental units with a total of 13,000 beds.

St. Moritz

St. Moritz has been the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. It also hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 Alpine Skiing World Championships. It is one of three cities that have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice, the others being Innsbruck, Austria and Lake Placid, New York in the United States. Image File history File links Stmori2. ... Image File history File links Stmori2. ... The II Olympic Winter Games were held in 1928 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland. ... The V Olympic Winter Games were held in St. ... The Alpine World Skiing Championships are organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS). ... An athlete carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ... Innsbruck City Center Innsbruck and Nordkette from south Innsbruck (population 120,000) is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the Tyrol province. ... For other places with the same name, see Lake Placid (disambiguation). ...

Common tourist St. Moritz attractions include:

• The Segantini Museum: dedicated to Giovanni Segantini, a painter that lived the last 5 years of his life in Engadine painting "nature, life, death".
• The Olympic bobsled run: a very rare natural bob sleigh. It is typically up and running by late December each year
• Viewing the glacier landscape: there are a number of notable vistas. Much can be seen by descending from Diavolezza to the Morteratsch Glacier.

Giovanni Segantini (January 15, 1858 - September 28, 1899), Italian painter, was born at Arco in the Trentino. ... Lej da Segl and Lej da Silvaplauna, Upper Engadin Piz Roseg and Vadret da Roseg as seen from Fuorcla Surlej The Engadin is a high-lying east-west valley in the south of the Inn River in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, famous for its sunny climate and... Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered, steerable sled. ... The Morteratsch Glacier (romansh Vadret da Morteratsch) is the largest glacier by area in the Bernina Range of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland. ...

In popular culture

• St. Moritz was mentioned in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger as a skiing resort. Also mentioned in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.
• St. Moritz is mentioned in the song Where do you go to my lovely by Peter Sarstedt
• St. Moritz is mentioned in the song I Wouldn't Dream Of It by the New Zealand band Split Enz.
• St. Moritz is also a brand of menthol cigarettes distributed by British American Tobacco.

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See also

• Glacier Express
• Badrutt's Palace Hotel

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External links

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St. Moritz

• http://www.stmoritz.ch Official website
• http://www.stmoritz-gemeinde.ch (German) (French) (Italian) (Romansh) Municipality
• St. Moritz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• San Murezzan in the Lexicon istoric retic (Romansh)

Municipalities in the district of Maloja, Switzerland

Bever | Bondo | Castasegna | Celerina/Schlarigna | Madulain | Pontresina | La Punt-Chamues-ch | Samedan | Soglio | St. Moritz | Stampa | S-chanf | Sils im Engadin/Segl | Silvaplana | Vicosoprano | Zuoz Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... 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. ... 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 are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Maloja (Italian: Distretto di Maloggia) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Bever is a municipality in the district of Maloja of the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. ... Bondo is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Graubünden on the Italian border. ... Castasegna is a municipality in the district of Maloja, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Celerina/Schlarigna is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. ... Madulain is a municipality in the Upper Engadin valley, in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. ... An Alpine village located high in the in the Engadin region of Switzerland. ... La Punt-Chamues-ch is a municipality in the district of Maloja, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Samedan is a municipality in the Upper Engadin valley, in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. ... Soglio is a municipality in the district of Maloja, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Stampa is a municipality in the district of Maloja, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... S-chanf is a municipality of the Upper Engadin valley, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. ... Sils im Engadin/Segl is a municipality in the Engadin valley of the Grisons in Switzerland. ... Village (1815 mt. ... Vicosoprano is a municipality in the district of Maloja, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Zuoz is a village located high in the Swiss Alps. ... 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). ...