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Tschierv
Graubündenvillage
Tschierv
Total population
172
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Tschierv is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Tschierv merged with Fuldera, Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.
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History
Tschierv is first mentioned in 1432 as Zirff. In the past it was known under the German name of Cierfs.
Geography
Tschierv has an area, , of . Of this area, 25.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (46.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Val Müstair sub-district (now Val Müstair municipality) of the Inn District. The borders of the village once stretched west over the Ofen Pass to Buffalora, Italy and included part of the Val Nüglia, which since 1918 has been part of the Swiss National Park. It consists of the house groups of Aintasom-Tschierv, Chasuras, Plaz and Orasom-Tschierv. Until 1943 Tschierv was known as Cierfs.
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Geography
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Nearby places in Graubünden
- Valchava3.8 mi away · pop. 198
- Sta. Maria Val Müstair4.5 mi away · pop. 346
- Müstair5.3 mi away · pop. 764
- Ardez12 mi away · pop. 425
- Zernez12.5 mi away · pop. 1,579
- Sent13.2 mi away · pop. 899
- Guarda13.5 mi away · pop. 161
- Lavin14.4 mi away · pop. 226
- Ramosch14.5 mi away · pop. 440
- S-chanf16.6 mi away · pop. 748
- Tschlin17.3 mi away · pop. 392
- Madulain19 mi away · pop. 196
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 3845
- Population (Wikidata)
- 167
- Wikidata
- Q669454
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771