Chur

Chur 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.
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  • Type: Town with 37,100 residents
  • Description: capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton
  • Also known as: Chur GR” and “Coire
  • Postal code: 7000

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chur railway station and Chur Cathedral.

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

Church
, otherwise known as the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is the Catholic cathedral of the diocese of Chur in . The episcopal palace of the bishop of Chur is beside the church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haldenstein and Maladers.

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 Chur.

Village
is a former municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in . On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of merged into Chur.

Village
is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the canton of the . is situated 4 km west of Chur.

Chur

Latitude
46.8547° or 46° 51′ 17″ north
Longitude
9.5265° or 9° 31′ 35″ east
Population
37,100
Elevation
601 metres (1,972 feet)
IATA airport code
ZDT
United Nations Location Code
CH CHR
Open location code
8FRFVG3G+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1577255384
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2661169
Wiki­data ID
Q69007
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Chur” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Chur
  • Albanian: Kuri
  • Arabic: خور
  • Arabic: كور
  • Armenian: Քուր (Շվեյցարիա)
  • Armenian: Քուր
  • Arpitan: Couère
  • Azerbaijani: Kur
  • Basque: Chur
  • Belarusian: Кур
  • Bosnian: Chur
  • Breton: Chur
  • Bulgarian: Кур
  • Bulgarian: Кхур
  • Bulgarian: Хуур
  • Catalan: Chur (de)
  • Catalan: Coira
  • Catalan: Coire (fr)
  • Catalan: Cuera (rm)
  • Catalan: Cuira (it)
  • Cebuano: Chur (kapital sa kanton)
  • Cebuano: Chur
  • Chechen: Кур
  • Chinese: Chur
  • Chinese: 库尔
  • Chinese: 庫爾
  • Croatian: Chur
  • Czech: Chur
  • Danish: Chur
  • Dutch: Chur
  • Esperanto: Chur
  • Esperanto: Coira
  • Esperanto: Coire
  • Esperanto: Cuera
  • Esperanto: Koiro / Kurio
  • Esperanto: Koiro
  • Estonian: Chur
  • Estonian: Coira
  • Estonian: Coire
  • Estonian: Cuira
  • Finnish: Chur
  • French: Chur
  • French: Coira
  • French: Coire
  • Galician: Chur
  • Galician: Coira
  • Galician: Coire
  • Galician: Cuera
  • Galician: Cuira
  • Georgian: კური
  • German: Chur GR
  • German: Chur
  • German: Coire
  • German: Cuira
  • Greek: Κουρ
  • Hebrew: כור
  • Hungarian: Chur
  • Icelandic: Chur
  • Indonesian: Chur
  • Irish: Chur
  • Italian: Chur
  • Italian: Coira
  • Italian: Coire
  • Japanese: クール
  • Kazakh: Кур
  • Korean: 쿠아르
  • Korean: 쿠어
  • Kurdish: Chur
  • Ladin: Cuira
  • Latin: Curia Raetorum
  • Latvian: Kūra
  • Lingala: Kwar
  • Lithuanian: Chur
  • Lithuanian: Kūras
  • Lombard: Chur
  • Lombard: Coira
  • Lombard: Còira
  • Lower Sorbian: Chur
  • Luxembourgish: Chur
  • Macedonian: Кур
  • Malagasy: Chur
  • Malay: Chur
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chur
  • Mingrelian: კური
  • Northern Frisian: Chur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Chur
  • Norwegian: Chur
  • Occitan (post 1500): Coira
  • Ossetian: Кур
  • Persian: شور، سوئیس
  • Piemontese: Chur
  • Piemontese: Coira
  • Polish: Chur
  • Portuguese: Chur
  • Portuguese: Coira
  • Romanian: Chur
  • Romanian: Cuira
  • Romansh: Chur
  • Romansh: Cuera
  • Romansh: Cuira
  • Romansh: Cuoira
  • Russian: Кур
  • Saterfriesisch: Chur
  • Scots: Chur
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ciura
  • Serbian: Chur
  • Serbian: Хур
  • Serbo-Croatian: Chur
  • Sicilian: Coira
  • Silesian: Chur
  • Slovak: Chur
  • Slovenian: Chur
  • South Azerbaijani: شور، سوئیس
  • Spanish: Chur
  • Spanish: Coira
  • Swahili: Chur
  • Swedish: Chur
  • Swiss German: Khûr
  • Tatar: Кур (шәһәр)
  • Tatar: Кур
  • Thai: Chur
  • Thai: คูร์
  • Tosk Albanian: Chur
  • Turkish: Chur
  • Ukrainian: Кур
  • Upper Sorbian: Chur
  • Urdu: کؤر
  • Venetian: Coira
  • Vietnamese: Chur
  • Volapük: Chur
  • Volapük: Cuira
  • Waray (Philippines): Chur
  • Welsh: Chur
  • Western Panjabi: چر
  • Western Panjabi: خور
  • Wu Chinese: 库尔

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