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Alvaschein

village and former municipality in Albula/Alvra in the Grisons, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea former_municipality_of_switzerland Q64319
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Summary

Alvaschein is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Alvaschein ranks in the top 8% of former municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Albula/Alvra[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Albula[5]
  • Shares border with: Lantsch/Lenz[6], Stierva[7], Tiefencastel[8], Vaz/Obervaz[9], Brienz/Brinzauls[10]
  • Postal code: 7451[11]
  • Commons category: Alvaschein[12]
  • Licence plate code: GR[13]
  • Local dialing code: 081[14]
  • Official website: http://www.alvaschein.ch[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alvaschein[16]
  • Population: 145[17], 134[18]
  • Replaced by: Albula/Alvra[19]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[20]
  • Official name: Alvaschein[21]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1001 m[22]
  • Area: 4.08 km²[23]

Why It Matters

Alvaschein has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Alvaschein is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 7757660-3
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'kk', 'la',
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Alvaschein'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: Alvaschein, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.alvaschein.ch
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.666388888889, 'lon': 9.5497222222222}
    Replaced by → Albula/Alvra
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43521|batch #43521]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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