- Poschiavo
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Poschiavo
municipality_name = Poschiavo
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = 98px-Wappen_Poschiavo.png|pixel_coa=
languages = Dialect of Poschiavo
canton = Grisons
iso-code-region = CH-GR
district = Bernina
lat_d=46|lat_m=19|lat_NS=N|long_d=10|long_m=3|long_EW=E
postal_code = 7742
municipality_code =
area = 192
elevation = 1014|elevation_description=
population = 3652|populationof=2005
website = www.poschiavo.ch
mayor = Tino Zanetti |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
mayor_title = podestà|list_of_mayors =
places =
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities=Brusio ,Chiuro (IT-SO),Grosio (IT-SO),Grosotto (IT-SO),Lanzada (IT-SO),Livigno (IT-SO),Pontresina ,Valdidentro (IT-SO)
twintowns = |Poschiavo ( _it. Poschiavo, _de. Puschlav, _rm. Puschlav) is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of
Graubünden inSwitzerland .It is located in the
Val Poschiavo , which is one of only four valleys in the canton where the official language is Italian. The other valleys areBregaglia ,Mesolcina andCalanca . The local dialect is called "Pus'ciavin".Poschiavo has its own lake, called
Lago di Poschiavo , which is located to the south of the village.Transportation
The only connection to
Engadin is theBernina Pass . It is connected by a road and the "Rhätische Bahn " (RhB ) on the Tirano-St. Moritz line.Population
External links
* [http://www.poschiavo.ch Official Site of the municipality of Poschiavo]
* [http://www.valposchiavo.ch/015stm_00_en.htm Official Site of the valley]
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