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Davos (Romansh: Tavau, Italian: Tavate) is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.
It is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range. At , it is the highest city in Europe.
Davos is host to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual meeting of global political and business elites (often referred to simply as Davos) and the home of a huge ski resort in Switzerland. At the end of every year it is serving as the site of the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, hosted by the HC Davos local hockey team.
In the "natural ice" era of winter sports, Davos, and the Davos Eisstadion was a mecca for speed skating. Many international championships were held here, and many world records were set, beginning with Peder Østlund who set four records in 1898.
Subsequently, Davos became a famous ski resort, especially frequented by tourists from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. After peaking in the 1970s and 1980s, the city settled down as a leading but less high-profile tourist attraction.
, the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. The age distribution, , in Davos is; 1,102 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,435 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,733 people or 15.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,897 people or 16.6% are between 30 and 39, 1,806 people or 15.8% are between 40 and 49, and 1,498 people or 13.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 902 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 677 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 318 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89 there are 49 people or 0.4% who are between 90 and 99.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 36.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the SP (23.1%) and the CVP (7.4%). {| class="wikitable" |- ! year ! population |- | 1850 | 1,680 |- | 1888 | 3,891 |- | 1900 | 8,089 |- | 1930 | 11,164 |- | 1950 | 10,433 |- | 2000 | 11,417 |- | 2009 | 11,248 |}
Category:Cities in Switzerland Category:Municipalities of Graubünden Category:Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland Category:Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Graubünden
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