Val Lumnezia

Lumnezia
Lumnezia
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Location of Lumnezia
Coordinates: 46°43′N 9°11′E / 46.717°N 9.183°E / 46.717; 9.183Coordinates: 46°43′N 9°11′E / 46.717°N 9.183°E / 46.717; 9.183
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Grisons
District	Surselva
Area
• Total	165.48 km2 (63.89 sq mi)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,060
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Postal code	7142
SFOS number	3618
Localities	Peiden, Uors, Camuns, Tersnaus, Surcasti, Cumbel, Vella, Morissen, Vattis, Degen, Vignogn, Lumbrein, Vrin, Cons
Surrounded by	Vals, Ilanz/Glion, Obersaxen Mundaun, Sumvitg, Medel, Blenio
Website	www.lumnezia.ch SFSO statistics

Lumnezia (Romansh, German: Lugnez) is a valley region and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss of canton of Graubünden. The former municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia. It covers the (Val) Lumnezia, a Swiss high alpine valley. Its upper regions are among the most remote areas in the Swiss Alps. The official language is Romansh Sursilvan.

In 1998, the village of Vrin was awarded the Wakker Prize for the preservation of its architectural heritage.

In the neolithic times the valley was probably inhabited by Chalcolithic (Copper-stone Age) Europeans. Witness to this is the Crap da Treis Siarps, the Three Snakes Stone, a remnant of a Neolithic or Bronze Age Megalithic monument. It can be found at the slope of the Glogn gorge east of the Parish church of Pleif. Although the other megaliths of this monument have substantially weathered, the Three Snakes Stone is well preserved. It has three snakes and a half moon engraved, hinting at its use as either a burial site or as an archaeoastronomical site.