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Ruschein
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Also known as Ruschein GR

Ruschein (, ) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is the Sursilvan dialect of Romansh. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Ruschein, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Ruschein
Swiss town.image_photo
Collina Plontabuora.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Ruschein wappen.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
Flag of Ruschein.gif
Swiss town.canton
Graubünden
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-GR
Swiss town.district
Surselva
Swiss town.postal_code
7154
Swiss town.municipality_code
3580
Swiss town.area
12.54
Swiss town.elevation
1155
Swiss town.population
345
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2011
Swiss town.website
www.ruschein.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Falera, Glarus Süd (GL), Ilanz, Laax, Ladir, Schluein, Schnaus, Siat

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Ruschein (, ) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is the Sursilvan dialect of Romansh. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Ruschein, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.

==History== Ruschein is first mentioned in 765 as Rucene.

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

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