Sur, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 46°31′N 9°37′E / 46.517°N 9.617°ECoordinates: 46°31′N 9°37′E / 46.517°N 9.617°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Graubünden | |
| District | Albula | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 23.18 km2 (8.95 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,530 m (5,020 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2014) | ||
| • Total | 68 | |
| • Density | 2.9/km2 (7.6/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 7456 | |
| SFOS number | 3540 | |
| Surrounded by | Bever, Bivio, Marmorera, Mulegns, Tinizong-Rona | |
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Sur (Romansh: Sour) 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.
The majority of its population are Romansh-speaking (the Surmiran dialect), with the 2000 census reporting that some 75% claimed it as their first language.
The nearby Burg Spliatsch was built around the beginning of the 13th Century by the Marmels family. In 1663 the Capuchin friars built the baroque church of S. Catregna (Katharina) on the ruined foundations of the medieval church of St. Bartholomäus. Today this church, together with the villages of Mulegns and Marmorera form a parish. Until 1850 Sur was part of the municipality of Oberhalbstein in the League of God's House. Before the construction of the Rhaetian Railway Sur was a cluster of farm houses and a major side industry was providing guides to travellers.
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