St. Moritz
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Template:Infobox Swiss town St. Moritz (German: Sankt-Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is a popular resort town in the Engadine valley in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Popular pastimes include skiing and hiking, nearby there is also the world famous Cresta Run toboggan course.
The year round population is 5,600 with some 3,000 seasonal employees. This population supports hotels and rental units with a total of 13,000 beds. Image:St-Moritzersee2005.jpg St. Moritz has been the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. It was also the one-time host of the 1940 Winter Olympics before a squabble between the Swiss organizing group and the IOC. It also hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 Alpine Skiing World Championships. It is one of three cities, the others being Innsbruck, Austria and Lake Placid, New York in the United States, that have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice.
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