Tarasp facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Tarasp
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Lake Tarasp at dawn
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 Tarasp
Location in Switzerland
Tarasp
Location in Canton of Graubünden
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| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Graubünden | |
| District | Inn | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 46.9 km2 (18.1 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,403 m (4,603 ft) | |
| Population
(Dec 2014)
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| • Total | 337 | |
| • Density | 7.186/km2 (18.61/sq mi) | |
| Postal code |
7553
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| Localities | Fontana, Vulpera, Sparsels, Aschera, Avrona, Chaposch, Chants, Florins, Nairs, Sgnè, Vallatscha | |
| Surrounded by | Ardez, Ftan, Scuol, Tschierv, Zernez | |
Tarasp is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin valley along the Inn River, at the foot of the Sesvenna Range. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
Originally a Romansh language area, the majority of the population today speaks High Alemannic German. Unlike the surrounding municipalities, the Tarasp parish is mainly Catholic.
History
Tarasp was also a Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, which joined the Austrian Imperial Circle in 1512 and was passed to the Princes of Dietrichstein in 1683.
Tarasp was an Austrian enclave inside the Free State of the Three Leagues, an associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy until 1809, when Austria ceded the territory to Revolutionary France, who subsequently passed it to Graubünden.
Images for kids
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Fontana and Tarasp castle
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Church in Tarasp-Fontana
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Tarasp Castle
See also
In Spanish: Tarasp para niños
