Chur

Chur or Coire is the capital city of the canton of Graubünden (also called Grisons). About 34.000 people live in the city, which is probably the oldest in Switzerland. The city is on the Rhine River.

Chur
Municipality
Chur, looking upstream, to the west
Coat of arms
Location of Chur
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Coordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Plessur
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 3 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Urs Marti FDP/PRD (as of February 2014)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat with 21 members
Area [1]
• Total	54.26 km2 (20.95 sq mi)
Elevation (Postplatz)	593 m (1,946 ft)
Highest elevation (Fürhörnli)	1,885 m (6,184 ft)
Lowest elevation (Bettlerküche)	554 m (1,818 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	35,373
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Churer(in)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7000-7007
SFOS number	3901
Localities	Altstadt, Sand, Kasernenquartier, Industriegebiet, Loestrasse-Lürlibad, Maladers, Masans, Rheinquartier
Surrounded by	Churwalden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Haldenstein, Maladers, Malix, Trimmis
Twin towns	Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), Terracina (Italy)
Website	www.chur.ch SFSO statistics

Chur in 1642, by Matthäus Merian.

The name "chur" may come from the Celtic word kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia

Archaeological evidence that people lived here goes back as far as the Pfyn culture^[3] (3900-3500 BC),^[4] Various artefacts from the Bronze Age and Iron Age have been found in the city. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur was created in the 4th century. It was probably the first Roman Catholic diocese to be created north of the Alps.

On 1 January 2020, the municipality Maladers became part of Chur. On 1 January 2021, Haldenstein became a part of Chur.