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    The Grisons (/ɡriːˈzɒ̃/, French: [ɡʁizɔ̃]) or Graubünden (German: [ɡraʊˈbʏndn̩] ), more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton of Graubünden...
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    its population, and close to 30,000 inhabitants of the canton of Grisons (or 14.7% of Grisons' population). The territory of Switzerland was Romanized...
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    also known as Bindenfleisch, Grisons Meat or Viande des Grisons, is an air-dried meat that is produced in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The...
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    Romansh is a Gallo-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language...
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    former half-cantons as cantons. The areas of the cantons vary from 37 km2 (15 sq. mi.) (Basel-Stadt) to 7,105 km2 (2743 sq. mi.) (Grisons); the populations...
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    Ticino (redirect from Canton Ticino)
    borders the canton of Valais to the northwest, the canton of Uri to the north and the canton of Grisons to the northeast; the latter canton being also...
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    Consiglio) is the unicameral legislature of the Swiss canton of Grisons. It meets in the cantonal capital Chur's Grand Council Building (Grossratsgebäude)...
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    Four of the cantons (Grisons, Bern, Valais, and Ticino) have more than 10 of the lakes, apiece, and just over one-half of the cantons (14) have one...
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    Valais (redirect from Wallis (canton))
    southern Alpine cantons, along with Ticino and the Grisons, which encompass a vast diversity of ecosystems. It is a bilingual canton, French and German...
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    Romansh-speaking native population in Grisons in the east. The cantons of Freiburg, Bern, and Valais are officially bilingual; Grisons is officially trilingual. The...
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    onions, and dried meat, such as jambon cru/cuit, salami, and viande des Grisons, and to drink, kirsch, black or herbal tea or white wine from a Valais...
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    Valais Ticino Grisons Geneva Vaud Neuchâtel Jura Bern Thurgau Zürich Aargau Lucerne Solothurn Basel-Landschaft Schaffhausen Uri Schwyz Glarus St. Gallen...
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    There are 101 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland (as of January 2021[update]). Albula/Alvra Andeer Bergün Filisur Buseno Calanca Cama...
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    used as a symbol of Italian fascism. The flag of Grisons was adopted in 1933. From 1815 to 1933, the canton had used various combinations of the three coats...
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    Schweitzer, République des Suisses and Republica Helvetiorum by Josias Simmler in 1576) after the fashion of calling individual urban cantons republics (such...
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    Maluns are a traditional dish of the Grisons, essentially made of potatoes. Maluns are prepared from boiled potatoes (usually one day before cooking)...
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    Switzerland (section Cantons)
    revendiquée par la Suisse pour des raisons militaires, Grisons-Liechtenstein) et l'enclave allemande du Verenahof dans le canton de Schaffhouse en 1967.")...
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    ("Italian Switzerland"), which is composed of Ticino and of a part of Grisons. In Swiss German, French-speaking Switzerland is known as Welschland or...
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    Swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 17 July 2021. "BADAC - Le comparatif en ligne des cantons et des villes suisses". Badac.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-25. "Nationalrat 2007"...
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    Chur (redirect from Chur (Grisons))
    Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city...
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    Landsgemeinde in Toggenburg and in parts of Grisons. At the Landsgemeinde, citizens of a district or canton assemble annually in a public space under open...
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    parts of the Grisons, historically of Raetic stock. Romansh speakers accounted for about 0.5% of population as of 2020. The core Eight Cantons of the Swiss...
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    command the troops of Valais), Colonel Jean-Ulrich de Salis-Soglio of Grisons was elected and sworn in as commander in chief on 15 January 1847. He appointed...
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  • Teacher Education State of (Vaud HEP Vaud) University of Teacher Education Grisons (PHGR) University of Teacher Education Lucerne (PH Luzern) University of...
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    Camenisch (born 1 February 1978 in the village of Tavanasa in the Swiss Canton Grisons) is a Swiss writer publishing in German and Romansh. Camenisch grew...
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    Raetia Curiensis (category Grisons)
    Raetorum) in the present Swiss canton of Grisons. The territory of the province roughly corresponded to modern Grisons (without the southern Misox and...
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    of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative...
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    wars as largely independent small states, much like the cantons of the Confederacy. In the Grisons, then called Churwalchen, the bishop of Chur and numerous...
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    1925-2001). He was born in St. Gallen but primarily grew-up in Flims in Grisons. The prince's family didn't speak Russian at home, which primarily came...
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    sovereignty of the cantons, and the former tributary and allied territories of Aargau, Thurgau, Grisons, St. Gallen, Vaud, and Ticino became cantons with equal...
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