St. Peter, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 46°50′N 9°38′E / 46.833°N 9.633°ECoordinates: 46°50′N 9°38′E / 46.833°N 9.633°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Graubünden | |
| District | Plessur | |
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| • Total | 6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 688 m (2,257 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 168 | |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 7028 | |
| SFOS number | 3930 | |
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St. Peter (Romansh: Son Peder) is a village in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2008 with neighboring Pagig to form the municipality of St. Peter-Pagig.
St. Peter is first referred to as a village in the late Middle Ages. The village church is first mentioned in 831. The church and the village section of Laeschgas belonged to Pfäfers Abbey.
St. Peter has an area, as of 2006[update], of 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 61% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The village is located in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district in the northern slope of the mid-Schanfigg at an elevation of 1,160 m (3,810 ft). It consists of the village of St. Peter which is made up of two sections. In 2008 St. Peter merged with Pagig to from St. Peter-Pagig.
Nearby is the Sankt Peter-Molinis railway station, on the Chur-Arosa railway line, which also serves Molinis.
St. Peter has a population (as of 2007[update]) of 168, of which 15.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (95.5%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.6%) and French being third ( 0.6%).
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