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{{Short description|Municipality in the canton of the Grisons, Switzerland}}
{{about|the city in Switzerland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox Switzerland municipality
|subject_name         = Davos
|image_photo          = City of Davos.jpg
|image_caption        = '''Top:''' View of the [[Sertig]] Valley, '''Middle left:''' [[World Economic Forum]] congress centre, '''Middle right:''' [[Lake Davos]], '''Bottom:''' View over Davos
|municipality_type    = municipality and village
|imagepath_flag       = CHE Davos Flag.svg
|imagepath_coa        = CHE Davos COA.svg
|pixel_coa            =
|map                  =
|canton               = Grisons
|iso-code-region      = CH-GR
|district             = [[Prättigau/Davos Region|Prättigau/Davos]]
|coordinates          = {{coord|46|48|N|9|50|E|display=inline,title}}
|position             = east 
|postal_code          = 7260 Davos Dorf, 7265 Davos Wolfgang, 7270 Davos Platz, 7272 Davos Clavadel, 7276 Davos Frauenkirch, 7277 Davos Glaris, 7278 Davos Monstein, 7294 Davos Wiesen
|municipality_code    = 3851
|area                 = 283.99
|elevation            = 1560
|elevation_description= Church St. Theodul
|lowest_m             = 1052
|lowest               = [[Landwasser (river)]] near ''Leidboda''
|highest_m            = 3146
|highest              = [[Schwarzhorn (Flüela)]]
|population           = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-GR|3851}}|populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-GR}}| popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-GR}}
|website              = www.gemeinde-davos.ch
|mayor                = Philipp Wilhelm |mayor_asof= January 2021 |mayor_party= SP
|mayor_title          = Landammann |list_of_mayors = List of Landammann of Davos
|executive_name       = [[#Government|Kleiner Landrat]] | executive_number_of_members = 5
|parliament_name      = [[#Parliament|Grosser Landrat]] | parliament_number_of_members =  17
|places               = [[Davos Dorf]], [[Davos Platz]], [[Frauenkirch]], [[Davos Glaris]], [[Davos Wiesen]], [[Davos Monstein]], [[Davos Clavadel]], Laret, Wolfgang, Obem See, Meierhof, Stilli, Bünda, Spina, Tschuggen, Dörfji, In den Büelen, Hof, Teufi, Gadmen, Am Rin, Dürrboden, Sertig Dörfli, Oberalp, Inneralp
|demonym              = {{langx|de|Davoser/Davoserin}}
|neighboring_municipalities= [[Arosa]], [[Bergün/Bravuogn]], [[Klosters-Serneus]], [[Langwies]], [[S-chanf]], [[Susch]]
|twintowns           = <!-- discontinued [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]] (USA), [[Sanada, Nagano|Sanada]] (Japan), [[Chamonix]] (France) -->
|}}

'''Davos''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|d|æ|v|ɒ|s|,_|d|ɑː|ˈ|v|ɒ|s}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/davos|title=Davos|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Davos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729034021/https://www.lexico.com/definition/davos |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-07-29 |title=Davos |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|d|ɑː|ˈ|v|oʊ|s}};<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Davos|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|de|daˈfoːs|lang}}<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last= Boesch |editor-first= Bruno |date= 1957 |title= Die Aussprache des Hochdeutschen in der Schweiz. Eine Wegleitung |language= de |publisher = Schweizer Spiegel Verlag |location= Zürich |page= 36 }}</ref> <small>or</small> {{IPA|de|daˈvoːs||De-Davos.ogg}};<ref>
{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1tr_oVkW4C&pg=PA432 |title= Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch |language= de |editor1= Eva-Maria Krech |editor2= Eberhard Stock |editor3= Ursula Hirschfeld |editor4= Christian Anders Lutz |publisher= Walter de Gruyter |location= Berlin |page= 432 |date= 2009 |isbn= 978-3-11-018202-6}}
</ref> {{langx|rm|{{Audio|Roh-Tavau.ogg|Tavau|help=no}}}}; Old {{langx|it|Tavate}}) is an [[Alps|Alpine]] [[resort town]] and [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Prättigau/Davos Region]] in the [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of the [[Grisons]], [[Switzerland]]. It has a permanent population of {{Swiss populations |CH-GR|3851}} ({{Swiss populations Y|CH-GR}}).{{Swiss populations ref|CH-GR}} Davos is located on the river [[Landwasser]], in the [[Rhaetian Alps]], between the [[Plessur Range|Plessur]] and [[Albula Range]]s.

The municipality covers nearly the entire valley of the Landwasser, and the centre of population, economic activity and administration is two adjacent villages, ''Davos Dorf'' (engl.: Davos Village) and ''Davos Platz'' (Davos Place), which are {{convert|1560|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.

Gaining prominence in the 19th century as a mountain [[Luftkurort|health resort]], Davos is perhaps best known today for hosting the [[World Economic Forum]], an annual meeting of global political and corporate leaders. With its long history of winter sports, Davos also has one of Switzerland's largest [[ski resorts]] and hosts the international [[Spengler Cup]], an [[ice hockey]] tournament, every December.

==Name==
''Tavau'', the [[Romansh language|Romansh]] name, derives from the [[Latin]] ''tubus'', which is here used in the sense of ''ravine''.<ref>''[[Rätisches Namenbuch]].'' Band 2: ''Etymologien.'' 2., unveränderte Auflage. Francke, Bern 1985, S.&nbsp;673; hiernach auch Andres Kristols ''[[Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen]]''.</ref>

==History==
[[File:Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 J02 Davos.JPG|thumb|left|Davos {{Circa|1870}}. Etching by [[commons:Category:Johann Heinrich Müller (1825-1894)|Heinrich Müller]]]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Davos-Dorf, Davos-Platz, Tinzenhorn v. N. O. aus 300 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-003844.tif|thumb|left|Aerial view from 300&nbsp;m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1923)]]
The current settlement of the Davos area began in the [[High Middle Ages]] with the immigration of [[Romansh language|Rhaeto-Romans]]. The village of Davos is first mentioned in 1213 as ''Tavaus''.<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|1571|Davos}}</ref> From about 1280 the barons of [[Vaz/Obervaz|Vaz]] allowed German-speaking [[Walser]] colonists to settle and conceded them extensive self-administration rights.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Pfister |first=Max |title=Jahrhundertealter Davoser Kampf um Freiheit |publisher=Verlag Buchdruckerei Davos |year=1989 |location=Davos |pages=13–14 |language=de}}</ref> In 1289 an agreement between the people of Davos and the baron of Vaz included that the Davoser citizens would not have to pay personal taxes, only the Government of Davos had to pay a yearly amount of goods to the baron of Vaz.<ref>Max Pfister (1989) p.14</ref> Davos became the largest Walser settlement area in eastern Switzerland. Natives still speak a [[dialect]] that is atypical for Grisons, showing similarities with the German spoken in [[Raron]] in Canton [[Valais#Demographics|Valais]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1338, with the death of the last Baron of Vaz, Davos came into possession of Frederick V, the [[Counts of Toggenburg|Count of Toggenburg]], who was the brother of the wife of the deceased baron.<ref name=":1" /> Davos retained its right to elect its Landamman independently.<ref name=":1" />

In 1436, the [[League of the Ten Jurisdictions]] was founded in Davos.<ref name=":1">Pfister, Max (1989).p.15</ref> In 1438, Davos received additional rights in an agreement in which the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the rights received in the older treaty from 1289 were both acknowledged.<ref name=":2">Pfister, Max (1989).p.16</ref> With this agreement, Davos was exempted from trade taxes in the territory of the Ten Jurisdictions and only obliged to provide men for military services within the territory of eight of the Ten Jurisdictions.<ref name=":2" /> In 1443 Davos came under the control of the [[Counts of Montfort (Swabia)|Counts of Montfort]], under which Davos also retained its rights.<ref name=":2" /> In 1450 an alliance between the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the [[League of God's House]] was signed.<ref name=":2" />  The Counts of Montfort  reached a financial impasse and sold Davos to Duke Sigmund of [[Tyrol]] in 1466.<ref name=":2" /> This lead Davos to search for support of the two other [[Rhaetic|Raethian]] leagues and a treaty with the [[Grey League]] was reached in 1471.<ref name=":3">Pfister, Max (1989).p.17</ref> As a result, Davos refused to follow the orders of the Austrian Empire.<ref name=":3" /> Eventually a compromise was found, under which Davos would come under the control of the [[House of Matsch]], but Austria kept a right to repurchase Davos.<ref name=":3" />

[[File:Kirchner - Davos im Winter. Davos im Schnee, 1923, Inv. 1931.jpg|thumb|[[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]]: ''Davos in Winter'', 1923 ([[Kunstmuseum Basel]])]]
From the middle of the 19th century, Davos, modeled on Görbersdorf (now [[Sokołowsko]]), became a popular destination for the sick and ailing because the [[microclimate]] in the high valley was deemed excellent by doctors (initiated by [[Alexander Spengler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davos.ch/en/stay/davos-klosters/history/alexander-spengler.html|title=Alexander Spengler Davos Klosters|access-date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410060952/http://www.davos.ch/en/stay/davos-klosters/history/alexander-spengler.html|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>) and recommended for [[lung disease]] patients. [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], who suffered from [[tuberculosis]], wintered in Davos in 1880 on the recommendation of his Edinburgh physician George Balfour. [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] wrote an article about skiing in Davos in 1899. A sanatorium in Davos is also the inspiration for the Berghof Sanitorium in [[Thomas Mann]]'s novel ''Der Zauberberg'' (''[[The Magic Mountain]]''). Between 1936 and 1938, [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]], then at the end of his life and living in Davos since 1917, depicted Davos and the Junkerboden. His painting has a both [[Romanticism|Romantic]] and [[pantheistic]] atmosphere and simplified formal structure.

The several sanatoria in Davos attracted a great number of German patients, of which many remained in Davos.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Davos im Zweiten Weltkrieg - Der weltberühmte Kurort war einst ein Nazi-Nest |url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/gesellschaft-religion/1945/davos-im-zweiten-weltkrieg-der-weltberuehmte-kurort-war-einst-ein-nazi-nest |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) |language=de}}</ref> As a result, during World War II, in which Switzerland remained neutral, Davos was a centre of Nazi activity in Switzerland.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Venetz |first=Matthias |date=2024-04-13 |title=Davos arbeitet seine Nazi-Vergangenheit auf |url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/naziverseucht-wie-keine-andere-ortschaft-davos-arbeitet-seine-braune-vergangenheit-auf-ld.1824055 |access-date=2024-04-13 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |language=de-CH |issn=0376-6829}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Nowhere else in the country were there more [[Nazi Party|NSDAP]] members as a share of the population.<ref name=":5" /> In the many German-led sanatoria and schools, Nazi salutes and flags were ''de rigueur''.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> Swiss Nazi leader [[Wilhelm Gustloff]]'s 1936 assassination in Davos led to tensions with Nazi Germany.<ref name=":5" /> At the end of the war, Federal Councillor [[Ernst Nobs]] described Davos as "more Nazi-infested than any other Swiss place".<ref name=":5" /> In 2022, Davos mayor Philip Willhelm commissioned a study from historian Stefan Keller documenting the history of Nazi influence in Davos.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Davos und der Nationalsozialismus – Veranstaltung zum Stand der Forschung |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/aktuellesinformationen/2075428 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Gemeinde Davos |language=de-CH}}</ref>

During the ''natural ice'' era of [[winter sport]]s, Davos and the ''[[Davos Eisstadion]]'' were 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. The only European [[Bandy]] Championship was held in the town in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2049/English/Switzerland.html|title=Switzerland|date=28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028160240/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2049/English/Switzerland.html|archive-date=28 October 2009}}</ref> Subsequently, Davos became a ski resort, especially frequented by tourists from the United Kingdom and the [[Netherlands]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} After peaking in the 1970s and 1980s, the city settled down as a leading but less high-profile tourist attraction. The American [[Samuel Van Leer|Van Leer]] family immigrated from here with their former Valär surname. Today Valärs still live and are members of government.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://idrc.info/former-conferences/idrc-davos-2012/plenary-sessions/opening-ceremony/ |title=Opening Ceremony: IDRC |publisher=Idrc.info |date=2012-08-26 |access-date=2022-03-16 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118215523/https://idrc.info/former-conferences/idrc-davos-2012/plenary-sessions/opening-ceremony/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vanleerarchives.org/home/van-leer-family-europe/|title = Van Leer Family Europe}}</ref>

==Geography==

===Topography===
[[File:Luftbild Davos2.jpg|thumb|View of Davos from a [[paraglider]], looking southwest]]
[[File:Luftbild Davos.jpg|thumb|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 ({{Langx|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 that area, about 35.0% is used for agricultural purposes, and 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 whole municipality of Davos is divided 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. Since 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 that distinction after the formation of [[Glarus Süd]] in 2010 and today is the fourth-largest municipality in the canton of the Grisons.

===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 {{confusing|date=July 2025}} {{convert|74|cm|abbr=on}} in 11.1 days are snowfall.<ref name=MeteoSwiss/>

{{Weather box
|location = Davos, elevation {{convert|1594|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1876–present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 14.3
|Feb record high C = 14.1
|Mar record high C = 20.6
|Apr record high C = 20.4
|May record high C = 28.0
|Jun record high C = 29.8
|Jul record high C = 30.0
|Aug record high C = 29.0
|Sep record high C = 26.1
|Oct record high C = 23.3
|Nov record high C = 19.5
|Dec record high C = 12.0
|Jan record low C = -32.0
|Feb record low C = -30.2
|Mar record low C = -25.7
|Apr record low C = -20.0
|May record low C = -15.8
|Jun record low C = -3.5
|Jul record low C = -1.1
|Aug record low C = -9.9
|Sep record low C = -6.5
|Oct record low C = -15.5
|Nov record low C = -23.7
|Dec record low C = -26.2
| 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 = 70.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 52.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 56.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 54.4
|May precipitation mm = 88.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 128.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 133.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 149.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 96.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 77.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 71.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 68.1
|year precipitation mm = 1045.9
| Jan snow cm = 89.4
| Feb snow cm = 74.1
| Mar snow cm = 64.6
| Apr snow cm = 43.1
| May snow cm = 7.3
| Jun snow cm = 2.2
| Jul snow cm = 0.6
| Aug snow cm = 0.8
| Sep snow cm = 4.9
| Oct snow cm = 22.2
| Nov snow cm = 59.5
| Dec snow cm = 83.2
| year snow cm = 451.9
| 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 = 110.6
|Feb sun = 119.8
|Mar sun = 153.8
|Apr sun = 152.4
|May sun = 154.1
|Jun sun = 167.0
|Jul sun = 187.5
|Aug sun = 179.3
|Sep sun = 159.7
|Oct sun = 144.6
|Nov sun = 102.6
|Dec sun = 93.4
|year sun =1724.8
| 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 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA1>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241211071027/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/Davos_06784.csv
| archive-date = 11 December 2024
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/Davos_06784.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 11 December 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[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 
| archive-date = 14 January 2022 
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220114041347/https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/DAV/climsheet_DAV_np9120_e.pdf 
| url-status = dead 
}}</ref>[[:fr:Infoclimat|Infoclimat]] (extremes)<ref name = Infoclimat1>{{cite web
| url = https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/normales-records/1991-2020/davos/valeurs/06784.html
| title = Normales et records pour la période 1991-2020 DAVOS
| publisher=Infoclimat
| access-date = 14 September 2025}}</ref>
}}

==Politics==

===Government===
The Small Country Council (''Kleiner Landrat'') constitutes the [[Executive (government)|executive government]] of the municipality of Davos and operates as a [[collegiate authority]]. It is composed of five councilors ({{langx|de|Landrat/-rätin}}), each presiding over a department (''Departement'') comprising several bureaus. The president of the executive department acts as president of the municipality (''Landammann'' or ''Gemeindepräsident''). In the mandate period 2025–2028 (''Legislatur'') the Small Country Council is presided by ''Landammann'' Philipp Wilhelm. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Grand Country Council are carried by the Small Country Council. The regular election of the municipal councils by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of the municipality of Davos allowed to vote and being registered can be elected as a member of the Small Country Council for a maximal period of twelve years. The delegates are selected by means of a system of ''[[First-past-the-post voting|Majorz]]''. The President is elected as such as well by a public election while the heads of the other departments are assigned by the collegiate. They usually meet once a week.<ref name=KLR>{{cite web |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/kleinerlandrat/10321 |title=Kleiner Landrat |publisher=Gemeinde Davos |language=de |location=Davos, Switzerland |type=official website |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, Davos's Small Country Council is made up of two members of SP ([[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]), of whom one is the president), and one each of FDP ([[FDP.The Liberals]]), SVP ([[Swiss People's Party]]), and GLP ([[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party]]). The last regular election (''Landschaftswahlen'') was held on 22 September 2024.<ref name=W2024>{{cite web |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/abstimmungen/termine/5736832 |title=Erneuerungswahlen der Gemeinde Davos und Volksabstimmung |publisher=Gemeinde Davos |date=27 September 2020 |language=de |location=Davos, Switzerland |type=official website |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref>

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|+ The Small Country Council (''Kleiner Landrat'') of Davos<ref name=KLR/>
! Country Councilor<br />(''Landrat/-rätin'') !! Party !! Head of Department (''Vorsteher(in)'', since) of !! Elected since
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| '''Philipp Wilhelm'''<ref group=KLR>President (''Landammann'' or ''Gemeindepräsident'')</ref> || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || President's Office (''Präsidialdepartement'', 2021) || 2020
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| Claudia Bieler || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || Civil Engineering and Public Facilities (''Departement Tiefbau + öffentliche Betriebe'', 2025) || 2024
|-
| Valérie Favre Accola<ref group=KLR>Vice President (''Statthalter'' or ''Gemeindevizepräsident'')</ref> || {{Color box|{{party color|Swiss People's Party}}|border=darkgray}} SVP || Structural Engineering and Environmental Protection and Energy (''Departement Hochbau + Umweltschutz + Energie'', 2025) || 2024
|-
| Walter von Ballmoos || {{Color box|{{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} GLP || Education and Social Services (''Departement Bildung + Soziales'', 15.11.2023) || 2023
|-
| Jürg Zürcher || {{Color box|{{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}|border=darkgray}} FDP || Health and Security (''Departement Gesundheit + Sicherheit'', 2021) || 2020
|}
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===Parliament===
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The Grand Country Council (''Grosser Landrat'') holds [[Legislature|legislative power]]. It is made up of 17 members, with elections held every four years. The Grand Country Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the Small Country Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of ''Majorz''.

The sessions of the Grand Country Council are public. They usually meet ten times a year. Members of the Grand Country Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Davos allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Grand Country Council for a maximal period of twelve years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/mitglieder/10320 |title=Grosser Landrat |publisher=Gemeinde Davos |type=official site |location=Davos, Switzerland |language=de |access-date=2023-03-01}}</ref>

The last regular election of the Grand Country Council was held on 22 September 2024 for the mandate period ({{langx|de|Legislatur}}) from January 2025 to December 2028. Currently the Grand Country Council consist of 5 (-1) [[FDP.The Liberals|Liberals (FDP/PLR)]], 5 (+2) [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]], 4 (+1) members of [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)]], 2 (+1) [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Center Party]], and 1 (-1) members of the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl)]].<ref name=W2024/>

===Federal elections===
====National Council====
In the [[2023 Swiss federal election|2023 federal election]] the most popular party was the  [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 29.1%, (+9.1) of the votes. The next four parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (17.4%, -3.9), [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Central Party]] (16.4%, +10.6), [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (15.6%, +5.5), and the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]] (12.0%, +5.2). In the federal election, a total of 2'874 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 42.9%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abstimmungen.gr.ch/election/nrw-2023/lists?entity=Davos |publisher=Kanton Graubünden |title=Nationalratswahlen 2023: Davos |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, rm  |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/12/de/17695_17682_17675_242/27456.html |work=Politischer Atlas der Schweiz |publisher=Bundesamt für Statistik, Swiss Confederation |title=Nationalratswahlen chronologisch / Nationalratswahlen 2023 / Ergebnisse 2023 / |location=Neuchatel, Switzerland |language=de, fr  |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref>

In the [[2019 Swiss federal election|2019 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] with 21.3% (+7.6) of the votes. The next four parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (20.0%, -10.0), [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (10.1%, -10.3), [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (6.8%, +1.6), and the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]] (6.8%, -5.3). In the federal election, a total of 2'885 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 41.8%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abstimmungen.gr.ch/election/nationalratswahlen-2019/lists?entity=Davos |publisher=Kanton Graubünden |title=Nationalratswahlen 2019: Davos |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, rm  |date=20 October 2019 |access-date=2023-03-01}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 30.0% of the votes. The next five parties were the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (20.4%), the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|BDP]] (15.8%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (14.7%), the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]] (12.1%), and [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (5.2%). In the federal election, a total of 3,231 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 46.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/politik/wahlen/nationalratswahlen/parteistaerken.assetdetail.317521.html |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office FSO |title=Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de, fr |format=XLS |date=9 March 2016 |access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref>

===International relations===

====Sister Cities====
Davos has [[sister city]] agreements with:

* {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Aspen, Colorado]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Davos – Switzerland |url=https://aspensistercities.com/davos/ |website=Aspen Sister Cities |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref>
* {{Flag icon|France}} [[Chamonix|Chamonix-Mont-Blanc]]
* {{Flag icon|Japan}} [[Ueda, Nagano]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ueda ― Davos (1976) |url=https://grandtourofswitzerland.jp/cms/423/ |website=Grand Tour of Switzerland in Japan |access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:Davos town.jpg|thumb|Davos with the [[Vaillant Arena]] (center)]]

===Population===
Davos has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-GR}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-GR|3851}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-GR}} {{as of|2014}}, 27.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 7.3% of the population was born in Germany and 6.9% of the population was born in Portugal.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.325718.html Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (Land)] accessed 31 October 2016</ref> Over the last four years (2010–2014) the population has changed at a rate of -0.27%. The [[birth rate]] in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.1, while the [[death rate]] was 8.2 per thousand residents.<ref name=SFSO2016/>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (86.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.8%) and Italian being third (2.7%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=5 January 2016 }} accessed 28-Oct-2009</ref>

{{as of|2014}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 64.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.2%.<ref name=SFSO2016/> In 2015 there were 5,099 single residents, 4,666 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 550 widows or widowers and 794 divorced residents.<ref>[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort] {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 September 2016</ref>

In 2014 there were 5,441 private households in Davos with an average household size of 2.03 persons. Of the 2,133 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 30.7% were single family homes and 39.1% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 25.9% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 8.3% were built between 1991 and 2000.<ref name=Housing>[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 5 May 2016</ref> In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 23.46. The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2015|alt=in 2015}}, was 0.71%.<ref name=SFSO2016/>

====Historic population====
The historic population is given in the following chart:<ref>[https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 ] {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 April 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gemeindedavos.ch/de/ueberdavos/fakten/gemeindeinzahlen/|title=Gemeinde Davos: Davos in Zahlen|website=www.gemeindedavos.ch|access-date=2020-02-03|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203230800/http://www.gemeindedavos.ch/de/ueberdavos/fakten/gemeindeinzahlen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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===Education===
In Davos about 74% of the population (ages 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either a university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>

===Economy===
Davos is a tourist community and a regional center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/querschnittsthemen/raeumliche-analysen/raeumliche-gliederungen/analyseregionen.assetdetail.335600.html|title=Die Raumgliederungen der Schweiz 2016 |publisher= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, en |date=17 February 2016 |access-date= 14 December 2016}}</ref>

{{as of|2014}}, there were a total of 8,853 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 203 people worked in 80 businesses in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]]. The [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] employed 996 workers in 145 separate businesses. Finally, the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]] provided 7,654 jobs in 926 businesses. In 2014 a total of 5,211 employees worked in 908 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 17 mid sized businesses with 2,074 employees and 1 large business which employed 369 people.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.331681.html Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse] accessed 31 October 2016</ref> In 2014 a total of 23.5% of the population received social assistance.<ref name=SFSO2016/>

In 2015 local hotels had a total of 797,348 overnight stays, of which 46.9% were international visitors.<ref>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.252702.html Federal Statistical Office - Hotellerie: Ankünfte und Logiernächte der geöffneten Betriebe] accessed 31 October 2016</ref>

===Religion===
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 5,321 residents (46.6% of the population) belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]] while 3,950 residents (34.6%) are [[Roman Catholic]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who belong to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic]] faith, 439 individuals (3.85% of the population) who belonged to the Orthodox Church, 274 (2.40%) who belonged to another Christian church, 79 (0.69%) who were [[Islam|Muslim]], 56 (0.49%) who belonged to another faith (not listed), and eight residents (0.07%) were [[Judaism|Jewish]]. In addition, 832 residents (7.29%) belonged to no faith, were [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 448 individuals (3.92%) did not answer the question.<ref name=Population>[http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827132227/http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx |date=27 August 2009 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 21 September 2009</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:Luftbild Eisstadion Davos.jpg|thumb|The ice stadium, including the largest natural ice skating field in Europe]]
[[File:Davos.jpg|thumb|Park on the ''Promenade'']]
Davos's [[ice hockey]] team, [[HC Davos]], plays in the [[National League (ice hockey)|National League]] (NL). Their home arena is the [[Vaillant Arena]]. In December of each year, the team and arena host the [[Spengler Cup]], an international tournament first held in 1923.

Besides [[cross-country skiing]], offering some {{convert|97|km|abbr=on}} of pistes, Davos has the largest natural [[ice skating]] field in Europe. [[Bandy]] is occasionally played there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/pix/14099.jpeg|title=Bandy field at the ice stadium}}</ref> [[Four nation bandy tournament in 2014|An international tournament, starting in 2014]], has been organised.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQTgqD8EzCk| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/PQTgqD8EzCk| archive-date=2021-11-14 | url-status=live|title=Bandy Davos 2014 (Czech republic vs. Netherlands)|last=Česká Asociace Bandy|date=24 February 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luxos.com/images/DESTINATIONS/Davos/About/6606/Bandy-Spiele_100-Jahr-Jubilaum-der-ersten-Bandy-Europameisterschaft_04.jpg|title=Czech Republic and Germany playing in the international bandy tournament 2014}}</ref> The [[1913 European Bandy Championships]] in Davos is so far the only one of its kind.

Davos has long been a place for the devotees of [[ice skating]], as well as the sport of [[figure skating]]. The Dutch, Germans, and Russians have skated there as early as the 1860s. In 1877, the Hotel Belvédère opened a rink used mostly by British skaters; according to figure skating historian James R. Hines, a second rink was opened shortly afterwards to accommodate skaters from Germany and Russia. The Davos Skating Club, which eventually had over 200 members from all over the world, was formed in 1880. Davos hosted eleven [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] in the years before World War II.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000hine/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=70}}</ref>

There are six main ski areas in winter, with a total of {{convert|320|km}} of slopes:
* [[Parsenn|Parsenn / Gotschna]] which connects to the partner town of Klosters from Davos Dorf
* [[Jakobshorn]] which can be reached from Davos Platz directly
* [[Pischahorn]] which can be reached by frequently running buses into Flüela valley
* Rinerhorn to start from Davos Glaris
* [[Madrisahorn]] located in neighbouring Klosters
* Schatzalp is privately owned by the Schatzalp Hotel and a specialty as a "decelerated" skiing area

All areas offer summer transport as well on to the main peaks from mid May until end of October. The remote side valleys heading towards the [[Engadin]]e area are worth long hikes towards the passes of Sertig or [[Scaletta Pass]] to reach, for example, [[Piz Kesch]], an [[Ultra prominent peak]]. To the north there are no valleys but rather a direct one-day ascent to continue across a pass into the "Schanfigg" valley towards the rival resort of [[Arosa]] or even to continue to [[Lenzerheide]] in a two-day hike.<ref>{{in lang|en}} [http://en.graubuenden.ch/hiking-switzerland/trekking/54-mittelbuenden-panoramaweg-lenzerheide-davos.html Hiking Alps in Switzerland, Davos, Graubünden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514091942/http://en.graubuenden.ch/hiking-switzerland/trekking/54-mittelbuenden-panoramaweg-lenzerheide-davos.html |date=14 May 2015 }}</ref>

==Culture==
[[File:Kirchnermuseum2.jpg|thumb|The Kirchner Museum]]
Davos is home to seven sites that are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage sites of national significance]].

These heritage sites include the Town Archives, the [[Kirchner Museum Davos|Kirchner Museum]],<ref>[http://www.kirchnermuseum.ch/ Kirchner Museum], official website</ref> the ''Grosses Jenatschhaus'' (a type of charity house known as a ''Pfrundhaus'') and the Forest Cemetery (''Waldfriedhof''). Several hotels and spas are also included on the list. The three hotels or former hotels are: [[Berghotel Schatzalp]], the former Grand Hotel Belvédère, and the Zürcher Höhenklinik von R. Gaberel.<ref>[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142322/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html |date=1 May 2009 }} 21.11.2008 version, {{in lang|de}} accessed 28-Oct-2009</ref>

Davos hosts annual meetings of the [[World Economic Forum]]. The city was featured in an episode of ''[[Viva La Bam]]'', when cities around [[Europe]] were visited. On 14 March 2003, a festival called ''Winterjam'' was held in the city and bands such as [[Sum 41]], [[Crazy Town]], and [[Guano Apes]] performed during this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skisnowboardeurope.com/davos/index.html|title=SkisnowboardEurope.com|access-date=15 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118180037/http://www.skisnowboardeurope.com/davos/index.html|archive-date=18 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Transport==
Davos is part of the rail network of the [[Rhaetian Railway|Rhaetian Railway (RhB)]]. The RhB has two main stations in Davos: {{rws|Davos Dorf}} (northeast) and {{rws|Davos Platz}} (southwest). Other stations in the municipality include {{rws|Davos Wolfgang}} and {{rws|Davos Laret}} towards [[Klosters]], and {{rws|Davos Frauenkirch}}, {{rws|Davos Glaris}}, {{rws|Davos Monstein}}, and {{rws|Davos Wiesen}} towards [[Filisur]].

The valley station ''Davos Dorf (Parsennbahn)'' of the funicular [[Parsennbahn]] to [[Weissfluhjoch]] ([[Parsenn]]) is in Davos Dorf, the station ''Davos Platz Schatzalpbahn'' of [[Schatzalp-Bahn]] in Davos Platz. Also in Davos Platz are the bottom stations of the cable car to the [[Jakobshorn]], the station ''Davos Platz DKB'' (right next to the corresponding railway station), and also that of the chair lift to ''Usser Isch'', namely the ''Davos Platz (Talstation Carjöl)''.

The bottom station of the lift to Rinerhorn is right next to RhB station ''Davos Glaris''. The one (''Dörfji'') of the [[Pischahorn|Pischa]] area in the side valley of the [[Flüela]], reachable by bus.

Local buses are operated by [[Verkehrsbetrieb der Landschaft Davos Gemeinde|Verkehrsbetrieb der Landschaft Davos Gemeinde (vbd)]].

==Research==
Davos has several research institutes: the AO Foundation focusing on trauma and disorders of the musculoskeletal system, the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), the World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) and the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) of the [[Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research]] (WSL).

== Notable people ==
[[File:Sophie Taeuber.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Sophie Taeuber-Arp]], 1903]]
[[File:Ursula Wyss (2018).jpg|140px|thumb|[[Ursula Wyss]], 2018]]
[[File:Carl Rüedi, M.D. (Swiss lung expert) (c. 1885).jpg|140px|thumb|[[Carl Rüedi]], ca.1885]]
[[File:Womens Curling Team Switzerland.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Carmen Schäfer (curler)|Carmen Schäfer]] (right), 2010]]
[[File:Andres Ambühl - Switzerland vs. Canada, 29th April 2012.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Andres Ambühl]], 2012]]

=== The arts ===
* [[Sophie Taeuber-Arp]] (1889 in Davos – 1943), painter, sculptor, architect and dancer
* [[Dorothea Wieck]] (1908 in Davos – 1986), a German theatre and film actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927236/  IMDb Database] retrieved 20 February 2019</ref>
* [[Ernst Haefliger]] (1919 in Davos – 2007), tenor
* [[Eberhard W. Kornfeld]] (1923–2023), art collector; made Honorary citizen of Davos in 2004
* [[Jürg Federspiel]] (1931–2007), writer, grew up in Davos
* [[Thomas Hirschhorn]] (born 1957), artist, grew up in Davos
* [[Marc Forster]] (born 1969), German and Swiss director and filmmaker, grew up in Davos made freeman of Davos in 2007<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286975/  IMDb Database] retrieved 20 February 2019</ref>

=== Politics, public service and business ===
* [[Wilhelm Vischer]] (1895 in Davos – 1988), a pastor, theologian, Hebraist, Old Testament scholar and amateur Lied lyricist
* [[Ursula Wyss]] (born 1973 in Davos), economist, Swiss National Councillor 1999–2013 and former [[Bern#Government|Municipal Councilor]] of [[Bern]]

=== Science, medicine & TB patients ===
* [[Alexander Spengler]] (1827–1901), a German and Swiss physician, specialised in TB in Davos 
* [[John Addington Symonds]] (1840–1893), an English poet and literary critic, TB patient in Davos from 1877.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Symonds, John Addington |volume= 26 |last= Waugh |first= Arthur |author-link= Arthur Waugh | pages = 286&ndash;287 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Friedrich Miescher]] (1844–1895), biologist who discovered DNA, died in Davos
* [[Carl Rüedi]] (1848 in Davos – 1901), a [[pulmonologist]], treated [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
* [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850–1894), Scottish novelist and travel writer, TB patient in Davos in the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour |volume= 26 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse | pages = 907&ndash;910 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Oscar Levertin]] (1862–1906), a Swedish poet and literary historian; lived in Davos 1888–1890.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Levertin, Oscar Ivan |volume= 16 | pages = 510&ndash;511  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]] (1880–1938 in Davos), German artist, TB patient, lived in Davos from 1917; namesake of the local art museum
* [[Philipp Bauknecht]] (1884–1933 in Davos), German expressionist painter, TB patient from 1910
* [[Harry Clarke]] (1889–1931 in Davos), an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator, TB patient from 1929, buried in Chur
* [[Klabund]] (1890–1928 in Davos), aka ''Alfred Henschke'', German writer and painter, TB patient
* [[Micha Brumlik]] (1947 in Davos – 2025), a Swiss-German educational theorist and publicist

=== Sport ===
* [[Fritz Kraatz]] (1906–1992), ice hockey player, competed in the [[1928 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Paul Söllner]] (1911 in Davos – 1991), German rower, competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Albert Künzler]] (1911 in Davos – 1982), ice hockey player, competed in the [[1936 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Andreas Däscher]] (1927 in Davos – 2023), ski jumper, competed at the [[1956 Winter Olympics]] and developed the [[Daescher technique]]
* [[Franz Berry]] (1938 in Davos – 2009), ice hockey player, competed in the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] and [[1964 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Peter Frei]] (born 1946 in Davos), alpine skier, competed in the [[1968 Winter Olympics]] 
* [[Nicolas Gilliard]] (born 1947 in Davos), swimmer, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Paul Accola]] (born 1967 in Davos), [[alpine skiing World Cup]], overall champion
* [[Martina Accola]] (born 1969, Davos), alpine skier, competed in the [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] and [[1998 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Andrea Senteler]] (born 1977), cross-country skier, competed in the [[1998 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Carmen Schäfer (curler)|Carmen Schäfer]] (born 1981 in Davos), a curler
* [[Andres Ambühl]] (born 1983 in Davos), ice hockey forward
* [[Iouri Podladtchikov]] (born 1988), a Russian-born Swiss snowboarder, brought up in Davos, gold medallist at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Dino Wieser]] (born 1989 in Davos), ice hockey forward
* [[Stefanie Müller]] (born 1992 in Davos), Alpine snowboarder, competed at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Claude-Curdin Paschoud]] (born 1994 in Davos), ice hockey defenceman

==See also==
* [[Lake Davos]]
* [[Schwarzsee (Davos)]]
* [[World Economic Forum]]
* [[Davos University Conferences]]
* [[List of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland]]
* ''[[The Magic Mountain]]''
* [[Tourism in Switzerland]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Davos | volume= 7 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge|  page = 870 }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes |edition=26th |date = 1922 |oclc = 4248970 |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/switzerlandtoget00karl#page/405/mode/2up |chapter= Davos |ol = 23344482M }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Davos}}
{{Wikivoyage|Davos}}
* {{official website|http://www.gemeinde-davos.ch/ Municipality of Davos}} {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.davos.ch/ Tourism information]
* {{HDS|1571|Davos|author=Martin Bundi|rm=2928}}

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