Savognin
Sign in to saveSavognin (in local Romansh dialect Suagnign; ; , official name until 1890) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Grisons 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.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Savognin
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Savognin03.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Savognin wappen.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Savognin.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Grisons
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-GR
- Swiss town.district
- Albula
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7460
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3539
- Swiss town.area
- 22.23
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1207
- Swiss town.population
- 1016
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2014
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2014
- Swiss town.website
- www.savognin.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Cunter, Filisur, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Tiefencastel, Tinizong-Rona
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Savognin (in local Romansh dialect Suagnign; ; , official name until 1890) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Grisons 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.
The village is the major center of the Gelgia valley, and is a foreign tourist destination in both summer and winter. The official language is the Romansh variety called Surmiran.