Skip to content
Splügen
EntityQ64195· pop 30· linked from 55 articles

Also known as Splügen GR, Splugen, Spluegen, Splügen (Rheinwald)

Splügen (Romansh: Spleia, Italian: Spluga) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald.

Weather now

cached 464h ago
11°clear sky
77% 2.0 m/s OpenWeatherMap

Place details

Locality
Rheinwald
Region
Graubünden/Grischun/Grigioni
Country
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population
400

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Splügen
Swiss town.image_photo
Splügen01.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Splügen wappen.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
Flag of Splügen.gif
Swiss town.canton
Graubünden
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-GR
Swiss town.district
Viamala
Swiss town.postal_code
7435
Swiss town.municipality_code
3694
Swiss town.area
60.49
Swiss town.elevation
1475
Swiss town.website
www.gemeinde-spluegen.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Walter Mengelt
Swiss town.places
Medels im Rheinwald
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Madesimo (IT-SO), Mesocco, Nufenen, Safien, Sufers

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Splügen
Population
378
Area
60.49
Elevation
1457
Official website
www.gemeinde-spluegen.ch
Image
Picswiss GR-84-03 Splügen.jpg
Dialing code
081
Licence plate code
GR
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Splügen
postal code
7435
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3694
Sources (9)

via Wikidata · CC0

~5 min read

Article

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Languages
  • Tourism
  • Skiing
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Wakker Prize
  • References
  • External links

Splügen (Romansh: Spleia, Italian: Spluga) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald.

In 1995, the Swiss Heritage Society bestowed the Wakker Prize to Splügen.

Gallery (4)

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories