Canton of Raetia (Helvetic Republic)

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The Canton of Raetia was an administrative division of the short-lived Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) in what is now eastern Switzerland, roughly corresponding to the territory of modern Graubünden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canton of the Helvetic Republic
former administrative division
abolishedBy Act of Mediation NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Canton Raetia NERFINISHED
Kanton Rätien NERFINISHED
capital Chur NERFINISHED
containsRegion Grisons NERFINISHED
containsSettlement Chur NERFINISHED
Davos NERFINISHED
Engadine NERFINISHED
correspondsToModernTerritory canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED
country Helvetic Republic NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn 1803
durationInYears about 5 years
endTime 1803
establishedDuring French occupation of Switzerland
followedBy canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED
governmentForm centralized unitary canton within Helvetic Republic
hasBorderWith Austrian territories (Tyrol) NERFINISHED
Canton of Bellinzona (Helvetic Republic) NERFINISHED
Canton of Linth (Helvetic Republic) NERFINISHED
Canton of Waldstätten (Helvetic Republic) NERFINISHED
hasImportantValley Inn valley NERFINISHED
Rhine valley NERFINISHED
hasMountainRange Alps NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Raetia NERFINISHED
historicalStatus short-lived canton
locatedIn Helvetic Republic NERFINISHED
eastern Switzerland
namedAfter ancient Roman province of Raetia
officialLanguage German
Italian
Romansh NERFINISHED
partOf Alpine region of Switzerland
Helvetic Republic cantonal system NERFINISHED
predecessor Free State of the Three Leagues NERFINISHED
Three Leagues NERFINISHED
religion predominantly Reformed Christianity
replacedBy canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Confederation
startTime 1798
successorState Swiss Confederation (restored in 1803) NERFINISHED
timePeriod French Revolutionary era NERFINISHED

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Three Leagues followedBy Canton of Raetia (Helvetic Republic)