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Also known as Davos GR

Davos (, ; or ;

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Switzerland municipality.subject_name
Davos
Switzerland municipality.image_photo
City of Davos.jpg
Switzerland municipality.places
Davos Dorf, Davos Platz, Frauenkirch, Davos Glaris, Davos Wiesen, Davos Monstein, Davos Clavadel, Laret, Wolfgang, Obem See, Meierhof, Stilli, Bünda, Spina, Tschuggen, Dörfji, In den Büelen, Hof, Teufi, Gadmen, Am Rin, Dürrboden, Sertig Dörfli, Oberalp, Inneralp
Switzerland municipality.neighboring_municipalities
Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch
Switzerland municipality.image_caption
Top: View of the Sertig Valley, Middle left: World Economic Forum congress centre, Middle right: Lake Davos, Bottom: View over Davos
Switzerland municipality.municipality_type
municipality and village
Switzerland municipality.imagepath_flag
CHE Davos Flag.svg
Switzerland municipality.imagepath_coa
CHE Davos COA.svg
Switzerland municipality.canton
Grisons
Switzerland municipality.iso code region
CH-GR
Switzerland municipality.district
Prättigau/Davos
Switzerland municipality.position
east
Switzerland municipality.postal_code
7260 Davos Dorf, 7265 Davos Wolfgang, 7270 Davos Platz, 7272 Davos Clavadel, 7276 Davos Frauenkirch, 7277 Davos Glaris, 7278 Davos Monstein, 7294 Davos Wiesen
Switzerland municipality.municipality_code
3851
Switzerland municipality.area
283.99
Switzerland municipality.elevation
1560
Switzerland municipality.elevation_description
Church St. Theodul
Switzerland municipality.lowest_m
1052

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Davos (, ; or ; ; Old ) is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of the Grisons, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Ranges.

The municipality covers nearly the entire valley of the Landwasser, and the centre of population, economic activity and administration is two adjacent villages, Davos Dorf (engl.: Davos Village) and Davos Platz (Davos Place), which are above sea level.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Davos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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