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Samedan
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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.
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
- P12749
- Rudolf Kner
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3786
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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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