St. Moritz
| Canton: |
Graubünden (GR) |
| Altitude: |
1822 m a. s. l. |
| Area: |
28,69 km² |
| Residents: |
4994 (31. December 2017) |
| Population Density: |
174 people per km² |
| Website: |
www.gemeinde-stmoritz.ch |
St. Moritz ( SAN mə-RITS, US also SAYNT -, UK also sənt MORR-its; German, in full: Sankt Moritz [zaŋkt moˈrɪts, ˈmoːrɪts] locally [saŋkt]; Romansh: San Murezzan [sam muˈʁetsən] ; Italian: San Maurizio; French: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about 1,800 metres (5,910 ft) above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
St. Moritz lies on the southern slopes of the Albula Alps below the Piz Nair (3,056 m or 10,026 ft) overlooking the flat and wide glaciated valley of the Upper Engadine and eponymous lake: Lake St. Moritz. It hosted the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948.
