Plessur

Graubünden, also known as Grisons, is a canton of and the country's largest canton by area.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: district in Switzerland
  • Also known as: Bezirk Plessur”, “Bezirk Plessur‘”, “Plessur District”, and “Plessur River

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chur railway station and Comanderkirche Chur.

Railway station
serves the town of , capital of the canton of Graubünden, . Opened in 1858, it is the most important railway junction in Graubünden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niederlachen-Untere Au and Chur.

Quarter
is a quarter.

is the capital and largest town of the canton of the and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton.

Village
is a former municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of . On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of merged into the municipality of .

Plessur

Latitude
46.86205° or 46° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
9.50777° or 9° 30′ 28″ east
Elevation
563 metres (1,847 feet)
Open location code
8FRFVG65+R4
Geo­Names ID
2659179
Wiki­data ID
Q659156
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Plessur” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Plessur barrutia
  • Belarusian: акруга Плесур
  • Belarusian: Плесур (акруга)
  • Belarusian: Плесур
  • Catalan: Districte de Plessur
  • Catalan: Regió de Plessur
  • Cebuano: Plessur District
  • Cebuano: Plessur
  • Chinese: Plessur Koān
  • Croatian: Plessur
  • Dutch: Plessur
  • Esperanto: Plessur
  • French: district de Plessur
  • French: District de Plessur
  • German: Bezirk Plessur
  • Italian: distretto di Plessur
  • Italian: Distretto di Plessur
  • Latin: Plessur
  • Lombard: Plessur
  • Min Nan Chinese: Plessur Koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Distriktet Plessur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Distriktet Plessur
  • Norwegian: Distriktet Plessur
  • Persian: بخش پلوسور
  • Portuguese: Distrito de Plessur
  • Romansh: Plessur
  • Russian: Плессур
  • Spanish: Distrito de Plessur
  • Swedish: Plessur District
  • Swedish: Plessur
  • Swiss German: Bezirk Plessur
  • Tosk Albanian: Bezirk Plessur
  • Vietnamese: Plessur
  • Waray (Philippines): Plessur

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tier- und Freizeitpark Chur and Kantonsspital Graubünden Standort Kreuzspital (KRZ).

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Plessur”. Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.