Marmorera
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
Ruins of Marmels Castle, located near Marmorrera
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| Coordinates: 46°30′N 9°39′E / 46.500°N 9.650°ECoordinates: 46°30′N 9°39′E / 46.500°N 9.650°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Graubünden | |
| District | Albula | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 18.99 km2 (7.33 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,720 m (5,640 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2014) | ||
| • Total | 31 | |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 7456 | |
| SFOS number | 3533 | |
| Surrounded by | Bever, Bivio, Mulegns, Sur | |
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surses SFSO statistics |
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Marmorera (German: Marmels) 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.
Until the end of the 19th century, its population was almost exclusively Romansh-speaking. This figure has however since been in decline, with its 2000 census reporting that 57% of the population now declared German as a first language.
The old village was destroyed and flooded when the Marmorera dam was constructed. The current village was built above Lai da Marmorera.
Marmorera is first mentioned about 840 as ad Marmoraria.
Marmorera had an area, as of 2006[update], of 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi). Of this area, 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Surses sub-district of the Albula district. Until 1950 it was a linear village on the Septimer-Julier-Route, but was destroyed and flooded when the Marmorera dam was constructed. Today it is located on the eastern shore of the Lai da Marmorera (Marmorera lake). Until 1902 Marmorera was known as Marmels.
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