Siat

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Siat
Siat coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Surselva
Political community : Ilanz / Glioni2
Postal code : 7157
former BFS no. : 3615
Coordinates : 731 571  /  183759 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '31 "  N , 9 ° 9' 43"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-one thousand five hundred and seventy-one  /  183759
Height : 1296  m above sea level M.
Area : 13.53  km²
Residents: 178 (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 13 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.ilanz-glion.ch/fraktionen/siat.html
Siat

Siat

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Until December 31, 2013, Siat ( [sɪ̯at] ? / I , German Seth ) was a political municipality in the former Ruis district , in the Surselva district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . Of the 193 residents at the end of 2004, 191 were Swiss nationals. On January 1, 2014, Siat merged with the former municipalities of Castrisch , Duvin , Ilanz , Ladir , Luven , Pigniu , Pitasch , Riein , Rueun , Ruschein , Schnaus and Sevgein to form the new municipality of Ilanz / Glion . Audio file / audio sample

coat of arms

Blazon : a seven- pointed golden star in blue over a golden chalice

The chalice stands for St. Florinus, the local church patron ; the seven-pointed star symbolizes the Rhaeto-Romanic name of the community, which means seven.

geography

The cluster village lies on a terrace high above the left bank of the Vorderrhein . The community extends from 930 m above sea level. M. north of Rueun and Schnaus up to an altitude of 2833 m near the Vorab on the border with the canton of Glarus. Of the entire municipal area of ​​1348 ha, 689 ha are agriculturally usable, 565 ha of which are Maiensässen. 453 hectares of the municipal area are covered by forest and wood and 180 hectares of unproductive area (mountains). The remaining 26 hectares are settlement areas.

The Senda Sursilvana , a long-distance hiking trail along the young Rhine, leads from the Oberalp Pass through Siat towards Chur.

population

Population development
year 1803 1850 1900 1950 1960 2000 2013
Residents 203 239 185 219 241 189 178

Attractions

  • The St. Lucius Church on a hill in the east of the village was built in 1656. The wall paintings in the choir are by Hans Ardüser .
  • Above the village are the ruins of Friberg Castle from the beginning of the 13th century.
  • In December 2010 the Ustria Steila , a building by the Bünder architect Gion A. Caminada, opened in the middle of the village .

  • St. Lucius Church

  • Castle hill with the ruins of Friberg Castle

  • Ustria Steila

literature

Web links

Commons : Siat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hiking Switzerland on the Senda Sursilvana in Graubünden
  2. ↑ Church of St. Luzius on www.graubuendenkultur.ch .