Sankt Moritz
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St. Moritz on an evening in February 2009, with a frozen lake
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Location of St. Moritz
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| Coordinates: 46°30′N 9°50′E / 46.500°N 9.833°ECoordinates: 46°30′N 9°50′E / 46.500°N 9.833°E | ||
| 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 2016) | ||
| • Total | 5,084 | |
| • 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 |
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St. Moritz (also German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: 
San Murezzan , Italian: San Maurizio, French: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine 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 or 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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