Parpan

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Parpan
municipality_name = Parpan
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Parpan wappen.svg|pixel_coa=


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canton = Grisons
iso-code-region = CH-GR
district = Plessur
lat_d=46|lat_m=47|lat_NS=N|long_d=9|long_m=33|long_EW=E
postal_code = 7076
municipality_code = 3913
area = 9.30
elevation = 1493|elevation_description=
population = 275|populationof = December 2003 | popofyear = 2003
website = www.parpan.ch
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neighboring_municipalities= Churwalden, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz
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Parpan is a municipality in the district Plessur of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

The village lies in the valley between the cantonal capital Chur and the resort Lenzerheide. It offers access to the skiing area of Rothorn and mountain railways Danis Staetz AG. The finish of the Alpine skiing World Cup slope "Silvano Beltrametti" for the downhill race in Lenzerheide is in Parpan.

"Parpan" is a common surname in Graubünden. Etymologically "Parpan" originates from the French "partis-pain", meaning "bread-deliverer".

External links

* [http://www.parpan.ch Official Website of Parpan]
*HDS|1584|Parpan|author=Jürg Simonett
* [http://www.rothorn.ch Bergbahn Rothorn]
* [http://www.danisstaetz.ch Bergbahn Danis Stätz AG]