Schmitten, Graubünden
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| Schmitten | |
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| Canton | Graubünden |
| District | Albula |
| Coordinates | |
| Population | 273 (December 2004) |
| Area | 11.32 km² |
| Elevation | 1301 m |
| Postal code | 7493 |
| SFOS number | 3514 |
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- For other places with the same name, see Schmitten.
Schmitten is a municipality in the district of Albula, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.
[edit] Languages
In the 14th and 15th cneturies, the area was settled from Davos. Therefore, the municipality is traditionally German-speaking. Despite the neighboring Romansch-speaking villages, the percentage of Romansch speakers in Schmitten was always well under 10%.
| Languages in Schmitten GR | ||||||
| Language | Census of 1980 | Census of 1990 | Census of 2000 | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German | 195 | 93.75% | 243 | 96.43% | 229 | 94.24% |
| Romansch | 11 | 5.29% | 3 | 1.19% | 3 | 1.23% |
| Italian | 2 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.82% |
| Population | 208 | 100% | 252 | 100% | 243 | 100% |
Municipalities in the district of Albula, Switzerland
Alvaneu | Alvaschein | Bergün/Bravuogn | Bivio | Brienz/Brinzauls | Cunter | Filisur | Lantsch/Lenz | Marmorera | Mon | Mulegns | Mutten | Riom-Parsonz | Salouf | Savognin | Schmitten | Stierva | Sur | Surava | Tiefencastel | Tinizong-Rona | Vaz/Obervaz | Wiesen
Graubünden | Districts of Canton Graubünden | Municipalities of the canton of Graubünden
