Samedan

Coat of arms

Samedan

Location of Samedan

Coordinates: 46°32′N 9°52′E / 46.533°N 9.867°ECoordinates: 46°32′N 9°52′E / 46.533°N 9.867°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gemeindepräsident
Jon Fadri Huder
(as of 2008)

Area

• Total

113.83 km² (43.95 sq mi)

Elevation

1,721 m (5,646 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,996

• Density

26/km² (68/sq mi)

Postal code

7503

SFOS number

3786

Surrounded by

Bergün/Bravuogn, Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Lanzada (IT-SO), La Punt-Chamues-ch, Pontresina, Sankt-Moritz, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Silvaplana

Twin towns

Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland)

Website

www.samedan.ch
SFSO statistics

Samedan ( [saˈmedən] ) is a town and municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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."

Samedan has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 113.83 km² (43.95 sq mi). Of this area, about 15.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 72.9% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 34 ha (84 acres) and the agricultural land has decreased by 120 ha (300 acres).

Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district in the central Oberengadin valley along the Inn river. After 2017 it was part of the Maloja Region. It consists of the village of Samedan and the hamlet of Punt Muragl, the upper section of the Val Bever as well as an exclave that includes nearly the entire Val Roseg, a valley surrounded by the highest mountains of the canton: Piz Bernina, Piz Scerscen and Piz Roseg. Until 1943 Samedan was known as Samaden.

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