Ardez

Ardez
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Ardez
Coordinates: 46°46′N 10°12′E / 46.767°N 10.200°E / 46.767; 10.200Coordinates: 46°46′N 10°12′E / 46.767°N 10.200°E / 46.767; 10.200
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Inn
Area
• Total	61.43 km2 (23.72 sq mi)
Elevation	1,467 m (4,813 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	427
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Postal code	7546
SFOS number	3741
Surrounded by	Ftan, Galtür (Austria), Guarda, Lavin, Tarasp, Zernez
Website	www.ardez.ch SFSO statistics

Ardez ( [ɐrˈdɛts] ) is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. The village is located in the Lower Engadin valley. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.

Ardez is first mentioned in 840 as Ardezis. In to the 19th Century it was known by the German name of Steinsberg.

Ardez had an area, as of 2006^[update], of 61.4 km² (23.7 sq mi). Of this area, 29.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (49.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The former municipality is located in the Sur Tasna sub-district of the Inn district, with the village on the left bank of the Inn river. It consists of the village of Ardez and the hamlets of Bos-cha and Sur En.

Ardez had a population (as of 2014) of 427. As of 2007^[update], 9.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.5%.