Davos

==Geography==

===Topography===
[[File:Luftbild Davos2.jpg|thumb|left|View of Davos from [[paraglider]] looking southwest]]
[[File:Luftbild Davos.jpg|thumb|left|Davos from the air looking north with Schatzalp and Parsenn ski areas]]
The main village of Davos lies at the top of the narrow valley of the [[Landwasser]] at an altitude of {{Convert|1560|m|ft}}, just below the [[Wolfgang Pass]]. [[Lake Davos]] is northeast of the village, formerly the source of the Landwasser.

The municipality of Davos ({{Lang-de|text=Gemeinde Davos}}) has an area (as of the 2004/09 survey) of {{Swiss area|3851|mi=on}},{{Swiss area data|3851|QUELLE}} including most of the Landwasser valley and its side valleys.

Of this area, about 35.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 40.5% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of {{convert|337|ha|acre|abbr=on}} or about 1.2% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of {{convert|61|ha|acre|abbr=on}} over the 1985 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by {{convert|10|ha|acre|abbr=on}} and is now about 0.22% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, {{convert|1296|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is fields and grasslands and {{convert|9056|ha|acre|abbr=on}} consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by {{convert|736|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by {{convert|481|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Rivers and lakes cover {{convert|285|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in the municipality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung.gnpdetail.2016-0436.html |title=Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen |date=24 November 2016 |website=www.landuse-stat.admin.ch |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="SFSO2016">[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.328115.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits] accessed 27 October 2016</ref>

The Wolfgang Pass divides the waters flowing into the [[Landquart (river)|Landquart]] from the valley of the Landwasser, and has a year-round road and [[Rhaetian Railway]] connection. Crossing the pass leads to the village of [[Klosters]] and the [[Prättigau]]. Three long side valleys reach out to the south from the main valley of the Landwasser, one of which leads to the [[Flüela Pass]] and the [[Engadin]] beyond.

=== Political divisions ===
The municipality of Davos is divided completely into six ''Fraktionsgemeinden'': Davos Dorf, Davos Platz, Davos Frauenkirch, Davos Glaris, Davos Monstein, and [[Davos Wiesen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fraktionsgemeinden|url=http://www.gemeindedavos.ch/de/politikverwaltung/politik/fraktionen/|access-date=2015-12-30|publisher=Gemeinde Davos|location=Davos, Switzerland|language=de|type=official website|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007051027/http://www.gemeindedavos.ch/de/politikverwaltung/politik/fraktionen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The names of the ''Fraktionsgemeinden'' correspond to their largest village within.

Smaller populated places in the municipality are: the village of Davos Clavadel, the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Laret, Wolfgang, Obem See, Meierhof, Stilli, Bünda, and Spina (in the main Landwasser valley), and Tschuggen, Dörfji, In den Büelen, Hof, Teufi, Gadmen, Am Rin, Dürrboden, Sertig Dörfli, Oberalp, Inneralp (in the side valleys).

Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Davos subdistrict of the Prättigau/Davos district; after 2017 it is part of the Prättigau/Davos Region.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016] accessed 16 February 2017.</ref> In terms of area, it was the largest municipality in Switzerland in 2009 after a municipal [[Merger (politics)|merger]] with [[Davos Wiesen|Wiesen]]. Davos lost this distinction after the formation of [[Glarus Süd]] in 2010, and today is the 4th largest in the canton of Graubünden.

===Climate===
Davos has a [[subalpine climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'') with an average of 125.3 days of precipitation per year and on average receives {{convert|1046|mm|abbr=on}} of [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]].

The wettest month is August during which time Davos receives an average of {{convert|150|mm|abbr=on}} of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 13.6 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is July, with an average of 13.8, but with only {{convert|133|mm|abbr=on}} of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of {{convert|52|mm|abbr=on}} of precipitation over 7.9 days, of which {{convert|74|cm|abbr=on}} in 11.1 days are snowfall.<ref name=MeteoSwiss/>

{{Weather box
|location = Davos (1991–2020, 1594m a.s.l.)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 0.0
| Feb high C = 1.2
| Mar high C = 4.6
| Apr high C = 8.3
| May high C = 12.8
| Jun high C = 16.5
| Jul high C = 18.5
| Aug high C = 18.2
| Sep high C = 14.2
| Oct high C = 10.8
| Nov high C = 4.8
| Dec high C = 0.6
| year high C = 9.2
| Jan mean C = -4.7
| Feb mean C = -4.2
| Mar mean C = -0.7
| Apr mean C = 3.0
| May mean C = 7.4
| Jun mean C = 11.0
| Jul mean C = 12.8
| Aug mean C = 12.6
| Sep mean C = 8.7
| Oct mean C = 5.1
| Nov mean C = 0.0
| Dec mean C = -3.6
| year mean C = 4.0
| Jan low C = -8.8
| Feb low C = -9.0
| Mar low C = -5.5
| Apr low C = -2.0
| May low C = 2.3
| Jun low C = 5.8
| Jul low C = 7.6
| Aug low C = 7.7
| Sep low C = 4.1
| Oct low C = 0.8
| Nov low C = -3.8
| Dec low C = -7.2
| year low C = -0.7
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 70
| Feb precipitation mm = 52
| Mar precipitation mm = 57
| Apr precipitation mm = 54
| May precipitation mm = 89
| Jun precipitation mm = 129
| Jul precipitation mm = 133
| Aug precipitation mm = 150
| Sep precipitation mm = 96
| Oct precipitation mm = 77
| Nov precipitation mm = 71
| Dec precipitation mm = 68
| year precipitation mm = 1046
| Jan snow cm = 89
| Feb snow cm = 74
| Mar snow cm = 65
| Apr snow cm = 43
| May snow cm = 8
| Jun snow cm = 2
| Jul snow cm = 1
| Aug snow cm = 1
| Sep snow cm = 5
| Oct snow cm = 24
| Nov snow cm = 59
| Dec snow cm = 84
| year snow cm = 455
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 8.8
| Feb precipitation days = 7.9
| Mar precipitation days = 8.9
| Apr precipitation days = 9.0
| May precipitation days = 12.0
| Jun precipitation days = 13.7
| Jul precipitation days = 13.8
| Aug precipitation days = 13.6
| Sep precipitation days = 10.0
| Oct precipitation days = 8.7
| Nov precipitation days = 9.1
| Dec precipitation days = 9.8
| year precipitation days = 125.3
| unit snow days = 1.0 cm
| Jan snow days = 11.7
| Feb snow days = 11.1
| Mar snow days = 10.3
| Apr snow days = 7.3
| May snow days = 2.1
| Jun snow days = 0.4
| Jul snow days = 0.1
| Aug snow days = 0.1
| Sep snow days = 0.8
| Oct snow days = 3.4
| Nov snow days = 9.1
| Dec snow days = 11.6
| year snow days = 68.0
| Jan humidity = 76
| Feb humidity = 73
| Mar humidity = 71
| Apr humidity = 69
| May humidity = 71
| Jun humidity = 73
| Jul humidity = 74
| Aug humidity = 76
| Sep humidity = 77
| Oct humidity = 75
| Nov humidity = 77
| Dec humidity = 78
| year humidity = 74
| Jan sun = 111
| Feb sun = 120
| Mar sun = 154
| Apr sun = 152
| May sun = 154
| Jun sun = 167
| Jul sun = 187
| Aug sun = 179
| Sep sun = 160
| Oct sun = 145
| Nov sun = 103
| Dec sun = 93
| year sun = 1725
| Jan percentsun = 54
| Feb percentsun = 53
| Mar percentsun = 51
| Apr percentsun = 48
| May percentsun = 45
| Jun percentsun = 48
| Jul percentsun = 53
| Aug percentsun = 54
| Sep percentsun = 53
| Oct percentsun = 54
| Nov percentsun = 49
| Dec percentsun = 48
| year percentsun = 51
|source 1 = [[MeteoSwiss]]<ref name=MeteoSwiss>{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/DAV/climsheet_DAV_np9120_e.pdf
| title = Climate Normals Davos (Reference period 1991−2020) 
| publisher = Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss 
| date = 13 January 2022 
| access-date = 13 January 2022}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}