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Sankt-Moritz

St. Moritz
St. Moritz on an evening in February 2009, with a frozen lake
St. Moritz on an evening in February 2009, with a frozen lake
Coat of arms of St. Moritz
Coat of arms
St. Moritz is located in Switzerland
St. Moritz
St. Moritz
Coordinates: 46°30′N 9°50′E / 46.500°N 9.833°E / 46.500; 9.833Coordinates: 46°30′N 9°50′E / 46.500°N 9.833°E / 46.500; 9.833
Country Switzerland
Canton Grisons
District Maloja
Area
 • Total 28.69 km2 (11.08 sq mi)
Elevation (Traunter Plazzas) 1,822 m (5,978 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 5,067
 • Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: St. Moritzer(in)
Postal code 7500
SFOS number 3787
Localities St. Moritz-Dorf, St. Moritz-Bad, Suvretta, Champfèr (eastern part)
Surrounded by Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Samedan, Silvaplana
Website www.gemeinde-stmoritz.ch
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St. Moritz (also German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: About this sound San Murezzan , Italian: San Maurizio, French: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine luxury resort in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about 1,800 metres (5,910 ft) above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major village and a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

St. Moritz lies on the southern slopes of the Albula Alps below the Piz Nair (3,056 m (10,026 ft)) overlooking the flat and wide glaciated valley of the Upper Engadine and eponymous lake: Lej da San Murezzan (Romansh for Lake of St. Moritz). It hosted the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948.


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