Samedan

Samedan is a municipality of the district Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Samedan
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Samedan
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Coordinates: 46°32′0″N 9°52′40″E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Maloja
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Jon Fadri Huder (as of 2008)
Area [1]
• Total	113.80 km2 (43.94 sq mi)
Elevation	1,721 m (5,646 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	2,924
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7503
SFOS number	3786
Surrounded by	Bergün/Bravuogn, Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Lanzada (IT-SO), La Punt-Chamues-ch, Pontresina, St. Moritz, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Silvaplana
Twin towns	Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (Switzerland)
Website	www.samedan.ch SFSO statistics

Engadin Airport is in the municipality.

Samedan Airport

Languages

Languages of Samedan[3]
Languages	Census 1970		Census 1980		Census 1990		Census 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
German	1,096	42.6%	1,140	44.7%	1,567	54.5%	1,886	61.5%
Romansh	791	30.7%	841	32.9%	649	22.6%	511	16.7%
Italian	561	21.8%	451	17.7%	476	16.6%	458	14.9%
Total	2,574	100%	2,553	100%	2,875	100%	3,069	100%