Churwalden

Also known as Churwalden GR

Churwalden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. It incorporates the former municipalities of Malix and Parpan.

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Swiss town.subject_name: Churwalden
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Churwalden COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Churwalden Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Grisons
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-GR
Swiss town.district: Plessur
Swiss town.postal_code: 7075
Swiss town.municipality_code: 3911
Swiss town.area: 26.68
Swiss town.elevation: 1230
Swiss town.population: 2030
Swiss town.populationof: December 2015
Swiss town.popofyear: 2015
Swiss town.website: www.churwalden.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Alex Gubelmann
Swiss town.places: Passugg, Sagens
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Almens, Chur, Maladers, Malix, Parpan, Praden, Scheid, Trans, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Churwalden
Population: 1221
Area: 48.53
Elevation: 1159
Official website: churwalden.ch
Image: Churwalden Dorfstrasse voll.jpg
Dialing code: 081
Licence plate code: GR

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Commons category: Churwalden
postal code: 7075
native label: Churwalden
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3911

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Churwalden is a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. It incorporates the former municipalities of Malix and Parpan.

==History== Churwalden is first mentioned in 1149 as silva Augeria. In 1191 it was mentioned as de Curwalde.