Tiefencastel
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Tiefencastel () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Tiefencastel
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Tiefencastel Dorf.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Tiefencastel wappen.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Tiefencastel.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Graubünden
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-GR
- Swiss town.district
- Albula
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7450
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3505
- Swiss town.area
- 14.85
- Swiss town.elevation
- 884
- Swiss town.elevation_description
- Suloms
- Swiss town.population
- 254
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2013
- Swiss town.website
- www.albula-alvra.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Alvaneu, Alvaschein, Brienz/Brinzauls, Cunter, Filisur, Mon, Riom-Parsonz, Savognin, Stierva, Surava
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Tiefencastel () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
==History== Tiefencastel is first mentioned in 831 as in Castello Impitinis. Starting around in the 14th century it was known as Tüffenkasten.
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