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Thusis

Total population

3,000

Elevation720 m
Land area6.81 km²
Coordinates46.70°, 9.44°

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City facts

Elevation
720 m
Area
6.81 km²
Official website
www.thusis.ch

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Overview

Thusis is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Mutten merged into the municipality of Thusis.

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History & geography

History

Thusis is first mentioned in 1156 as Tosana. The town was devastated by more than 10 fires and after the one of 1845, it had to be rebuilt.

Geography

Thusis has an area, , of . Of this area, 18% is used for agricultural purposes, while 58.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It is the center of the Hinterrhein valley and is located at the confluence of the Hinterrhein and Nolla rivers. Thusis is also at the end of the Viamala canyon. It consists of the village of Thusis and, since 1875, includes Übernolla.

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Geography

Latitude
46.6972
Longitude
9.4391
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Wildlife & biodiversity

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Notable people from here

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,281

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
424
Avg daily Wikipedia views
14
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
3668
Population (Wikidata)
3,217
Wikidata
Q66171

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771