Valsot

Valsot
Fountain in the village of Tschlin
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Location of Valsot
Coordinates: 46°52′N 10°25′E / 46.867°N 10.417°E / 46.867; 10.417Coordinates: 46°52′N 10°25′E / 46.867°N 10.417°E / 46.867; 10.417
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair
Area
• Total	159.01 km2 (61.39 sq mi)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	904
• Density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Postal code	7556, 7559
SFOS number	3764
Localities	Tschlin, Martina (includes Vinadi) and Strada (includes Chaflur)
Surrounded by	Graun im Vinschgau (IT-BZ), Nauders (AT-7), Pfunds (AT-7), Samnaun, Spiss (AT-7)
Website	http://www.valsot.ch SFSO statistics

Valsot is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the canton of Graubünden in the extreme east of Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.

In 1956-58, on the hill Mottata (ca. 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) north-east of Ramosch), a significant prehistoric site was discovered. The Mottata site contains three settlement horizons, two from the mid and early Bronze Age (Laugen-Melaun/Luco-Meluno culture) and one from the early Iron Age (Fritzens-Sanzeno culture).

While Bronze and Iron Age items have been found in Tschlin, the first mention of the village is in the 10th Century. In the 10th Century, bishop Hildibald gave the chapterhouse in Chur a gift of a farm house in Tschlin. In the High Middle Ages Tschlin was under the authority of Ramosch. The village church of St. Blasius was built in 1515 in the gothic style. In 1545 the Protestant Reformation reached the village and in 1574-82 the reformer and historian Ulrich Campell worked in Tschlin. In 1856 a fire destroyed much of the village, including the Church of St. John the Baptist. The church was not rebuilt, but the church tower is still visible in the village.

Valsot has an area of 159.01 km² (61.39 sq mi).

Ramosch had an area, as of 2006^[update], of 84.1 km² (32.5 sq mi). Of this area, 32.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It is along the left bank of the Inn river. It consists of the village of Ramosch and the village section of Vnà as well as the settlements of Raschvella and Seraplana. Until 1943 Ramosch was known as Remüs.