Cunter

Cunter
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Cunter
Location of Cunter
Coordinates: 46°36′N 9°35′E / 46.600°N 9.583°E / 46.600; 9.583Coordinates: 46°36′N 9°35′E / 46.600°N 9.583°E / 46.600; 9.583
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Albula
Government
• Mayor	Filip Dosch
Area
• Total	7.11 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Elevation	1,182 m (3,878 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	256
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Postal code	7452
SFOS number	3532
Localities	Burvagn, Muntschect, Promastgel
Surrounded by	Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Tiefencastel
Website	surses.ch/RM/surses/vischnancas/cunter.html SFSO statistics

Cunter (Romansh, in German: Conters im Oberhalbstein) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.

Cunter is first mentioned in 1370 as Contra.

Cunter had an area, as of 2006^[update], of 7.1 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 32.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (15.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The former municipality is located in the Surses sub-district of the Albula district. It lies on the road to the Julier Pass, between Tiefencastel and Savognin. It consists of the village of Cunter and the hamlets of Burvagn, Promastgel and Muntschect. Until 1943 Cunter was known as Conters im Oberhalbstein.

Cunter had a population (as of 2014} of 256. As of 2008^[update], 19.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks Romansh (51.0%), with German being second most common (36.4%) and Italian being third ( 5.6%).