Alvaschein
Alvaschein is a village and former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.- Type: Village with 142 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Albula/Alvra in the Grisons, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Alvaschein (Albula/Alvra)” and “Alvaschein GR”
- Postal code: 7451
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stausee Solis and St. Maria, Lantsch/Lenz.
Stausee Solis
Reservoir
The Stausee Solis is a reservoir on the Albula river, located between Alvaschein, Stierva and Tiefencastel, in the canton of Graubünden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stierva and Lantsch/Lenz.
Stierva
Village
Stierva is a village and former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
Lantsch/Lenz
Village
Lantsch/Lenz is a municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. The majority of its population is German-speaking, with a significant Romansh-speaking minority.
Tiefencastel
Village
Tiefencastel is a village and a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra. Tiefencastel is situated 2½ km southeast of Alvaschein.
Alvaschein
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Albula/Alvra, Albula Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.67506° or 46° 40′ 30″ north
Longitude
9.55032° or 9° 33′ 1″ east
Population
142
Elevation
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)
Open location code
8FRFMHG2+24
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Alvaschein from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Alvaschein” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Alvaschein”
- Catalan: “Alvaschein”
- Cebuano: “Alvaschein”
- Chinese: “阿爾瓦沙因”
- Chuvash: “Альвашайн”
- Czech: “Alvaschein”
- Dutch: “Alvaschein”
- Esperanto: “Alvaschagn”
- Esperanto: “Alvaschein”
- French: “Alvaschein (Albula/Alvra)”
- French: “Alvaschein”
- German: “Alvaschagn”
- German: “Alvaschein (Albula/Alvra)”
- German: “Alvaschein”
- Hungarian: “Alvaschein”
- Indonesian: “Alvaschein”
- Italian: “Alvaschein (Albula/Alvra)”
- Italian: “Alvaschein”
- Kazakh: “Альвашайн”
- Latin: “Alvisinis”
- Lombard: “Alvaschein”
- Malay: “Alvaschein”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alvaschein”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alvaschein”
- Piemontese: “Alvaschein”
- Portuguese: “Alvaschein”
- Romansh: “Alvaschagn”
- Romansh: “Alvaschein”
- Russian: “Альвашайн”
- Spanish: “Alvaschein”
- Swedish: “Alvaschein”
- Turkish: “Alvaschein”
- Ukrainian: “Альвашайн”
- Uzbek: “Alvaschein”
- Uzbek: “Alvashayn”
- Uzbek: “Алвашайн”
- Vietnamese: “Alvaschein”
- Volapük: “Alvaschein”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alvaschein”
- “Alvaschein”
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