Splügen
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Splügen (Romansh: Spleia, Italian: Spluga) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald.
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cached 1452h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Rheinwald
- Region
- Graubünden/Grischun/Grigioni
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 400
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Splügen
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Splügen01.JPG
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Splügen wappen.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Splügen.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Graubünden
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-GR
- Swiss town.district
- Viamala
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7435
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3694
- Swiss town.area
- 60.49
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1475
- Swiss town.website
- www.gemeinde-spluegen.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Walter Mengelt
- Swiss town.places
- Medels im Rheinwald
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Madesimo (IT-SO), Mesocco, Nufenen, Safien, Sufers
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Languages
- Tourism
- Skiing
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Wakker Prize
- References
- External links
Splügen (Romansh: Spleia, Italian: Spluga) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald.
In 1995, the Swiss Heritage Society bestowed the Wakker Prize to Splügen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Splügen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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