Arosa | |
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 Arosa in June 2009 | |
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Location of Arosa  | |
  Arosa  Arosa | |
| Coordinates: 46°47′N 9°41′E / 46.783°N 9.683°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Graubünden |
| District | Plessur |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeindevorstand with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Lorenzo Schmid CVP/PDC (as of 2017) |
| • Parliament | Gemeindeparlament with 14 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 154.79 km2 (59.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Bahnhof Arosa) | 1,775 m (5,823 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,980 m (9,780 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Plessur (river) near Calfreisen) | 710 m (2,330 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,132 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Aroser(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7050 Arosa, 7027 Calfreisen, 7027 Castiel, 7027 Lüen, 7028 Pagig, 7028 St. Peter, 7029 Peist, 7056 Molinis, 7057 Langwies, 7058 Litzirüti |
| SFOS number | 3921 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-GR |
| Localities | Innerarosa, Maran, Prätschli, Tschuggen |
| Surrounded by | Alvaneu, Davos, Langwies, Lantsch/Lenz, Molinis, Peist, Schmitten, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz, Wiesen |
| Twin towns | Fukumitsu (Japan) |
| Website | gemeindearosa SFSO statistics |
Arosa is a town and a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort.
On 1 January 2013, the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.[3]
At the end of 2013 the Arosa ski resort was linked with Lenzerheide by cable-car, creating the new ski resort of Arosa Lenzerheide; since that change, transport passes have been valid in both resorts.
The official language of Arosa is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
The resort is known throughout Switzerland for its famous ice hockey team, the EHC Arosa which used to be one of the most successful teams in the country.
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 13 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 9 February 2013