Grüsch

Grüsch is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Fanas and Valzeina were merged with Grüsch.

History

Grüsch is first mentioned about 1340 as Grusch. In 1375 it was mentioned as Crüsch.

Geography

Grüsch has an area, as of 2006, of 10 km² (3.9 sq mi). Of this area, 39.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located in the Schiers sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district on a scree slope above the Taschinasbach. It consists of the Haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Grüsch and the hamlets of Überlandquart und Cavadura (since 1874).

Demographics

Grüsch has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 1,975.As of 2008, 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.4%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Romansh being third ( 0.7%).

Grusch (Rhaetian Railway station)

Grusch is a station on the Landquart-Davos railway line. Westbound, there are two trains per hour towards Lanquart (RE2/R21/S8). RE2/R21 trains terminate at Landquart, but hourly S8 trains continues to Rhazuns. Eastbound, there are hourly services to Davos (RE2/R21). There is an additional hourly service as far as Schiers.

RE2 runs express services along the Landquart-Davos line. R21 runs stopping services along the same line replacing RE2 services during early mornings and late evenings.

The S8 line is part of the Chur S-Bahn network.

There are currently two platforms in use at Grusch station.

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