Vella
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Vella | |
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Canton | Grisons |
District | Surselva |
Coordinates | |
Population | 447 (2006) |
Area | 7.38 km² |
Elevation | 1244 m |
Postal code | 7144 |
SFOS number | 3605 |
Mayor | Daniel Blumenthal |
Website | www.vallumnezia.ch |
Vella is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
It is located at 4,081 ft altitude on a plateau in the centre of the Val Lumnezia, a high alpine valley.
The municipality consists of the village Villa and the church St. Vincent in Pleif built on a ridge overlooking the Glenner/Glogn gorge, a tributary to the Vorderrhein. The highest elevation is Mount Stein at 7126 feet altitude. The municipality has 447 inhabitants. The official language is Romansh.
[edit] External links
- http://www.vallumnezia.ch
- Vella in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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