Schmitten, Graubünden
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| Population | 273 (December 2004) | |||||||||
| - Density | 24 /km² (62 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 11.32 km² (4.4 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,301 m (4,268 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 7493 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 3514 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Alvaneu, Arosa, Filisur, Wiesen | |||||||||
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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 in Switzerland.
[edit] Languages
In the 14th and 15th centuries, the area was settled from Davos. Therefore, the municipality is traditionally German-speaking. Despite the neighboring Romansh-speaking villages, the percentage of Romansch speakers in Schmitten has always been well under 10%.
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| 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% |
| Romansh | 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% |
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