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Filisur
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms of Filisur
Coat of arms
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
District Albula
Area
 • Total 44.58 km2 (17.21 sq mi)
Elevation
1,032 m (3,386 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2015)
 • Total 445
 • Density 9.982/km2 (25.85/sq mi)
Postal code
7477
Surrounded by Alvaneu, Bergün/Bravuogn, Savognin, Schmitten, Tiefencastel, Tinizong-Rona, Davos

Filisur (Romansh: Filisour) is a former municipality of the district Albula 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 from Davos meet.

On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Bergün/Bravuogn and Filisur merged into the new municipality of Bergün Filisur.

Filisur Albulatal
Filisur

Images for kids

  • RhB08

    Filisur railway station

  • Mh rhb 706 auf landwasserviadukt

    Landwasser Viaduct, 65 m (213 ft) high and 136 m (446 ft) long, built in 1902

  • Greifenstein NW

    Ruins of Greifenstein Castle

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Filisur para niños

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