Pontresina
municipality in the Engadine valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Summary
Pontresina is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Pontresina ranks in the top 4% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,690 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maloja Region[4]
- Country: Switzerland[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ova da Bernina[6], Flaz[7]
- Shares border with: Madulain[8], Poschiavo[9], Samedan[10], La Punt Chamues-ch[11], Zuoz[12], Lanzada[13], Livigno[14], Celerina/Schlarigna[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Gaylord[16]
- Postal code: 7504[17]
- Commons category: Pontresina[18]
- Licence plate code: GR[19]
- Local dialing code: 081[20]
- Official website: https://www.gemeinde-pontresina.ch[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pontresina[22]
- Population: 2195[23], 2162[24]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3784[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], New International Encyclopedia[28]
- Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[29]
- Official name: Pontresina[30]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Pontresina[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pontresina[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pontresina, Switzerland[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Pontresina[34]
- Elevation above sea level: 1805 m[35], 2446 m[36]
- Area: 118.19 km²[37], 118.2 km²[38], 118.18 km²[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[40]
Why It Matters
Pontresina has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Pontresina is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]