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Also known as Samedan GR

Samedan (, locally ) is a town and municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is served by Samedan railway station on the Albula line on the Rhaetian Railway network and by the Samedan Airport.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Samedan
Swiss town.image_photo
Samedan Airport.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Samedan COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Samedan Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Grisons
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-GR
Swiss town.district
Maloja
Swiss town.postal_code
7503
Swiss town.municipality_code
3786
Swiss town.area
113.97
Swiss town.elevation
1721
Swiss town.website
www.samedan.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Jon Fadri Huder
Swiss town.mayor_asof
2008
Swiss town.mayor_title
Gemeindepräsident
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Bergün/Bravuogn, Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Lanzada (IT-SO), La Punt Chamues-ch, Pontresina, Sankt-Moritz, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Silvaplana
Swiss town.twintowns
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland)

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Samedan
Population
2924
Area
113.80
Elevation
2970
Official website
www.samedan.ch
Image
Samedan.jpg
Dialing code
081
Licence plate code
GR
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Commons category
Samedan
postal code
7503
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3786
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  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Historic population
  • Languages
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Economy
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Climate
  • Cultural references
  • References
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Samedan (, locally ) is a town and municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is served by Samedan railway station on the Albula line on the Rhaetian Railway network and by the Samedan Airport.

==History== Samedan is first mentioned in 1139 as Samaden. In 1334 it was mentioned as Semeden, in 1367 as Semaden, in 1498 as Sumada and in 1527 as Sameden. Samedan is the location of The Smallest Whiskey Bar on Earth, the establishment holding the Guinness World Records distinction of "Smallest Permanently Licensed Bar in the World."

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