Graubünden: Facts & Figures
How many inhabitants are there? How many metres above sea level is it? How much water does it consume each year? How many places are there in education? The life of a canton is reflected in statistics, figures and percentages. The Canton of Graubünden is not only Switzerland's only trilingual canton (speaking German, Romansh and Italian), its 7,106 square kilometers also make it the largest canton by area in the country. Around 32,000 people live in its main city, Chur, the oldest settlement in Switzerland.
Did you know…?
- 150 valleys, 615 lakes and 937 mountain peaks make up the landscape which typifies the Canton of Graubünden.
- 4 out of 10 people in the Canton of Graubünden live at an altitude higher than 1,000 metres above sea level.
The figures keep coming
- 2005 was the year when schoolbooks in the Canton of Graubünden were first issued in three languages alone. Until the mid-2000s, they were not only published in German and Italian, but also in all five written dialects of Rhaeto-Romanic (Romansh). Nowadays those dialects have been merged into Rumantsch Grischun.
- 1/6 of the total surface area of Switzerland belongs to the Canton of Graubünden.
- 2/3 of Graubünden's cantonal boundaries are also national frontiers of Switzerland.
