Sur, Switzerland

Sur
Coat of arms of Sur
Location of Sur
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Sur is located in Switzerland
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Sur
Sur is located in Canton of Graubünden
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Sur
Coordinates: 46°31′N 9°37′E / 46.517°N 9.617°E / 46.517; 9.617
CountrySwitzerland
CantonGraubünden
DistrictAlbula
Area
 • Total23.22 km2 (8.97 sq mi)
Elevation
1,530 m (5,020 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total87
 • Density3.7/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
7456
SFOS number3540
ISO 3166 codeCH-GR
Surrounded byBever, Bivio, Marmorera, Mulegns, Tinizong-Rona
Websitesurses.ch/RM/surses/vischnancas/sur.html
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Sur (Romansh: Sour) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.[1]

The majority of its population are Romansh-speaking (the Surmiran dialect), with the 2000 census reporting that some 75% claimed it as their first language.

  1. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016

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