Ftan
Sign in to saveFtan is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Ftan
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Ftan02.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Ftan COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Ftan Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Graubünden
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-GR
- Swiss town.district
- Inn
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7551
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3761
- Swiss town.area
- 43.11
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1648
- Swiss town.population
- 492
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2014
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2014
- Swiss town.website
- www.ftan.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Ardez, Galtür (AT-7), Ramosch, Scuol, Sent, Tarasp
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Ftan is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
==History== thumb|left|Ftan . Etching by commons:Category:Johann Heinrich Müller (1825-1894)|Heinrich Müller Ftan is first mentioned in 1150 as Vetane. In the 12th century, the lords of Tarasp owned land in Ftan and made donations to the Müstair and Scuol monasteries. As a parish, Ftan is first documented in 1492. Around 1542, it became Protestant. In 1499, and again in 1622, Ftan was destroyed by Austrian troops. In 1652, the village finally bought its freedom from Austria.