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St. Moritz | |
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.jpg) Winter night in St. Moritz | |
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Location of St. Moritz  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°29′50″N 9°50′16″E / 46.49722°N 9.83778°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Grisons |
| District | Maloja |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.69 km2 (11.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Traunter Plazzas) | 1,822 m (5,978 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,928 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: St. Moritzer(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7500 |
| SFOS number | 3787 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-GR |
| Localities | St. Moritz-Dorf, St. Moritz-Bad, Suvretta, Champfèr (eastern part) |
| Surrounded by | Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Samedan, Silvaplana |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
St. Moritz (/ˌsæn məˈrɪts/ SAN mə-RITS, US also /ˌseɪnt -/ SAYNT -, UK also /sənt ˈmɒrɪts/ sənt MORR-its; German, in full: Sankt Moritz [zaŋkt moˈrɪts, ˈmoːrɪts] locally [saŋkt]; Romansh: San Murezzan [sam muˈʁetsən] ; Italian: San Maurizio;[a] French: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about 1,800 metres (5,910 ft) above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
St. Moritz lies on the southern slopes of the Albula Alps below the Piz Nair (3,056 m or 10,026 ft) overlooking the flat and wide glaciated valley of the Upper Engadine and eponymous lake: Lake St. Moritz. It hosted the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948.
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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