Sils im Engadin/Segl

Also known as Sils im Engadin/Segl GR

municipality in Switzerland

Key facts

Country: Switzerland
Canton: Grisons
District: Maloja
Total: 63.54 km (24.53 sq mi)
Elevation church segl maria: 1,809 m (5,935 ft)
Density: 12.0/km (31.0/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Postal code: 7514, 7515, 7517
Iso 3166 code: CH-GR
Localities: Segl Maria, Segl Baselgia, Seglias, Val Fex as well as Grevasalvas , Blaunca and Buaira
Surrounded by: Bivio , Chiesa in Valmalenco (IT-SO), Lanzada (IT-SO), Samedan , Silvaplana , Stampa

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Sils im Engadin/Segl (German: Sils im Engadin; Romansh Segl), often also as Sils i.E./Segl, is a municipality and village in the Maloja Region, Upper Engadine in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

It consists of two villages, Segl Maria (Romansh, German: Sils Maria; Seglias is part of Segl Maria) and Segl Baselgia (German: Sils Baselgia; Baselgia is Romansh for church); the Val Fex (German: Fextal); and three Maiensässe (Alpine pastures traditionally used for spring grazing): Grevasalvas, Blaunca and Buaira, above Plaun da Lej on the left side of the valley.