Graubünden

Graubünden, also called the Grisons and more formally the Canton Grisons, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts and its capital is Chur. The German name means the Grey Leagues and points to the canton's origin in three local alliances known as the Three Leagues, while Rhaetia is the Latin name for the area. It is the largest and easternmost canton of the country and one of the three large southern Alpine cantons together with Valais and Ticino, spanning both sides of the Alps and several natural and cultural regions, which is why it is sometimes called Little Switzerland. It is the only trilingual canton, and the only one where Romansh, the fourth national language, has official status. The Alpine ibex is its heraldic symbol.