Splügen
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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.
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- Locality
- Rheinwald
- Region
- Graubünden/Grischun/Grigioni
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 400
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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
- Instance of
- Ortschaft
- Official name
- Splügen
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Rheinwald
- Population
- 378
- Area
- 60.49
- Elevation
- 1457
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Medels im Rheinwald
- Official website
- www.gemeinde-spluegen.ch
- Image
- Picswiss GR-84-03 Splügen.jpg
- Dialing code
- 081
- Licence plate code
- GR
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- Commons category
- Splügen
- postal code
- 7435
- different from
- Splügen Pass
- twinned administrative body
- L'Espluga de Francolí
- replaces
- Medels im Rheinwald
- replaced by
- Rheinwald
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3694
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Splügen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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