Chur
Chur (German: [ˈkuːr] (locally) or [ˈxuːr]; Italian: Coira [ˈkɔira]; Sursilvan: Cuera [ˈkweːʁə] ⓘ; Vallader: Cuoira [ˈkuɔ̯jrɐ] ⓘ; Puter and Rumantsch Grischun: Cuira [ˈkujrɐ] ⓘ; Surmiran: Coira; Sutsilvan: Cuera or Cuira; French: Coire [kwaʁ]) is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland.
Chur | |
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Municipality | |
Chur, looking upstream, to the west | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Chur | |
Chur Chur | |
| Coordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Grisons |
| District | Plessur |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 3 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Urs Marti FDP/PRD (as of February 2014) |
| • Parliament | Gemeinderat with 21 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.09 km2 (10.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Postplatz) | 592 m (1,942 ft) |
| Highest elevation (Tschaggo) | 2,223 m (7,293 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Rhein (Halbmil)) | 551 m (1,808 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 35,373 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Churer(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7000 Chur, 7026 Maladers, 7074 Malix (partly) |
| SFOS number | 3901 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-GR |
| Localities | Altstadt, Sand, Kasernenquartier, Industriegebiet, Loestrasse-Lürlibad, Haldenstein, Maladers, Masans, Rheinquartier |
| Surrounded by | Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers |
| Twin towns | Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), Terracina (Italy) |
| Website | chur SFSO statistics |
The official language of Chur is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of Alemannic, known as Grisonian German. Romansh and Italian are significantly spoken in the city as a result of the trilingual identity of the canton.
On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Maladers merged into Chur and on 1 January 2021 Haldenstein also merged.