Bergün Filisur is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Albula Region Albula Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It had an area of and a population of (as of ).. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton. Mergers ...

in the canton of Graubünden in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of

Bergün/Bravuogn Bergün/Bravuogn (german: Bergün, rm, , in the local Romansh dialect ''Brauégn'') is a village and former municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The double name (German/Romansh) has been the official n ...

and

Filisur Filisur is an Alpine village and former municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The village sits on a hillside with a view to the west where the two rivers Albula/Alvra from the Albula Pass and Landwasser ...

merged to form the new municipality of Bergün Filisur.

History

Bergün

Bergün/Bravuogn is first mentioned in 1209 as ''de Bregonio''.

Filisur

Filisur is first mentioned in 1262 as ''villa Fallisour''.

Geography

After the merger, Bergün Filisur has an area, , of .

Population

The new municipality has a population () of .

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart. During construction of the

Rhaetian Railway The Rhaetian Railway (german: Rhätische Bahn; it, Ferrovia retica; rm, Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB ...

line the population of both communities increased significantly. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2200 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:400 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 Colors= id:BE value:yellowgreen legend:Bergün/Bravuogn id:FI value:green legend:Filisur PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:637 text:"637" color:BE bar:1860 from: 0 till:610 text:"610" color:BE bar:1870 from: 0 till:605 text:"605" color:BE bar:1880 from: 0 till:632 text:"632" color:BE bar:1888 from: 0 till:625 text:"625" color:BE bar:1900 from: 0 till:1537 text:"1537" color:BE bar:1910 from: 0 till:715 text:"715" color:BE bar:1920 from: 0 till:710 text:"710" color:BE bar:1930 from: 0 till:653 text:"653" color:BE bar:1941 from: 0 till:653 text:"653" color:BE bar:1950 from: 0 till:608 text:"608" color:BE bar:1960 from: 0 till:551 text:"551" color:BE bar:1970 from: 0 till:451 text:"451" color:BE bar:1980 from: 0 till:459 text:"459" color:BE bar:1990 from: 0 till:480 text:"480" color:BE bar:2000 from: 0 till:520 text:"520" color:BE bar:2010 from: 0 till:487 text:"487" color:BE bar:1850 from: 637 till:917 text:"280" color:FI bar:1860 from: 610 till:863 text:"253" color:FI bar:1870 from: 605 till:882 text:"277" color:FI bar:1880 from: 632 till:932 text:"300" color:FI bar:1888 from: 625 till:898 text:"273" color:FI bar:1900 from: 1537 till:2181 text:"644" color:FI bar:1910 from: 715 till:1048 text:"333" color:FI bar:1920 from: 710 till:1080 text:"370" color:FI bar:1930 from: 653 till:1020 text:"367" color:FI bar:1941 from: 653 till:1045 text:"392" color:FI bar:1950 from: 608 till:983 text:"375" color:FI bar:1960 from: 551 till:869 text:"318" color:FI bar:1970 from: 451 till:776 text:"325" color:FI bar:1980 from: 459 till:869 text:"410" color:FI bar:1990 from: 480 till:893 text:"413" color:FI bar:2000 from: 520 till:986 text:"466" color:FI bar:2010 from: 487 till:946 text:"459" color:FI

Weather

Filisur has an average of 107.7 days of

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail. ...

per year and on average receives of it. The wettest month is August during which time Filisur receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.7 days. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 6.5 days., the weather station elevation is 1030 meters above sea level.

Heritage sites of national significance

The municipal church and the ''Chasa Jenatsch'' with its barn in Bergün and the castle ruins of Greifenstein and the Schmittentobel-

Landwasser Viaduct The Landwasser Viaduct (german: Landwasserviadukt) is a single-track six-arched curved limestone railway viaduct. It spans the Landwasser between Schmitten and Filisur, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Designed by Alexander Acatos, ...

of the

in Filisur are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The villages and hamlets of Bravuogn, Latsch, Stugl and Filisur are part of the

Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on t ...

. The

Albula Railway The Albula Railway (german: Albulalinie; it, Linea dell'Albula; rm, Lingia da l'Alvra) is a single track metre gauge railway line forming part of the so-called core network of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerla ...

became a UNESCO World Heritage Site itself in 2008. It maintains the ''Bahnmuseum Albula'' at the Bergün train station. This railway museum documents the construction of the Albula line. Both former municipalities contain track of the Albula Railway File:Kirche Bergün Ansicht.jpg, Bergün village church File:Chasa Jenatsch, chasa cun stalla e clavà.JPG, Chasa Jenatsch and barn File:Greifenstein NW.jpg, Ruins of Greifenstein Castle File:Mh rhb 706 auf landwasserviadukt.jpeg, Landwasser Viaduct, high and long, built in 1902

Transportation

The municipality has three railway stations: , , and . All three are located on the

Albula line The Albula Railway (german: Albulalinie; it, Linea dell'Albula; rm, Lingia da l'Alvra) is a single track metre gauge railway line forming part of the so-called core network of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerlan ...

with regular service to and . Filisur, at the junction with the Davos Platz–Filisur line, also has regular service to .

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden