Arosa in Swiss
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Arosa is a
town and a
municipality in the
Plessur Region in the
canton of Graubünden in
Switzerland . It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort.
On 1 January 2013, the former municipalities of Calfreisen , Castiel , Langwies , Lüen , Molinis , Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.Lenzerheide by cable-car, creating the new ski resort of Arosa Lenzerheide ; since that change, transport passes have been valid in both resorts.
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The official language of Arosa is (the Swiss variety of Standard)
German , but the main spoken language is the local variant of the
Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
The resort is known throughout Switzerland for its famous ice hockey team, the
EHC Arosa which used to be one of the most successful teams in the country.
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mySwitzerland.com – Arosa ,
Wikivoyage Arosa and
Wikipedia Arosa (
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