Samedan

Summary

Samedan is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Samedan ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Samedan was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Samedan is located in Maloja Region^[4].
• Samedan is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Samedan is on the body of water Inn^[6].
• Samedan is on the body of water Flaz^[7].
• Samedan's image is recorded as Samedan.jpg^[8].
• Samedan's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Samedan's official language is recorded as Romansh^[10].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Bergün/Bravuogn^[11].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Pontresina^[12].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as St. Moritz^[13].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Celerina/Schlarigna^[14].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as La Punt Chamues-ch^[15].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Lanzada^[16].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Sils im Engadin/Segl^[17].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Silvaplana^[18].
• Samedan's shares border with is recorded as Bever^[19].
• Samedan's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Samedan COA.svg^[20].
• Samedan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Le Mont-sur-Lausanne^[21].
• Samedan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239039396^[22].
• Samedan's GND ID is recorded as 4118307-1^[23].
• Samedan's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Samedan.png^[24].
• Samedan's postal code is recorded as 7503^[25].
• Samedan's Commons category is recorded as Samedan^[26].
• Samedan's licence plate code is recorded as GR^[27].

Body

Geography

Samedan is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Samedan is located in Maloja Region^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Inn^[6], a river^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Flaz^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Samedan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+113.80'}^[32]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1721'}^[33] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2970'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2956'}^[35] and {'amount': '+2924'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Samedan's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9]. Samedan's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[37].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Samedan include Samedan Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in Switzerland^[40].

Why It Matters

Samedan ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).^[2] Samedan has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Samedan is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Samedan include Samedan Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in Switzerland^[40].