Vella
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| Vella | |
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| Image:VellaCA.jpeg | |
| Canton | Grisons |
| District | Surselva |
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| Population | 447 (2006) |
| Area | 7.38 km² |
| Elevation | 1244 m |
| Postal code | 7144
<tr><td>SFOS number</td><td>3605</td></tr><tr><td>Mayor</td><td>Daniel Blumenthal</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td>www.vallumnezia.ch</td></tr> |
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Vella is located at 4,081 ft altitude on a plateau in the centre of the Val Lumnezia, a high Alpine Valley in the Surselva district of the Swiss Canton of Grisons/Graubünden. The parish council Vella consists of the village Villa and the church St. Vincent in Pleif built on a ridge overlooking the Glenner/Glogn gorge, a tributary to the Vorderrhein. The highest elevation is Mount Stein at 7,126 feet altitude. The parish council has 447 inhabitants. The official language is Romansh.
[edit] External links
- http://www.vallumnezia.ch
- Vella in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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Graubünden | Districts of Canton Graubünden | Municipalities of the canton of Graubünden
