page_title: Falera
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Falera / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Falera im Mai 2009
context_page_description: Falera is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
  Falera is a part of the Alpenarena along with the towns of Flims and Laax and is the most secluded of the three.
context_section_description: Falera has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 22.36 km² (8.63 sq mi).  Of this area, about 60.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.0% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 17.3% is unproductive land.  In the 2004/09 survey a total of 37 ha (91 acres) or about 1.7% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 12 ha (30 acres) over the 1984/85 amount. Of the agricultural land, 394 ha (970 acres) is fields and grasslands and 1,035 ha (2,560 acres) consists of alpine grazing areas.  Since 1984/85 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 100 ha (250 acres).  Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 40 ha (99 acres).  Rivers and lakes cover 17 ha (42 acres) in the municipality.
  Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Ilanz sub-district of the Surselva district, after 2017 it became part of the Surselva Region.  It is located on a terrace above the left bank of the Vorderrhein river at an elevation of 1,218 m (3,996 ft).  Until 1969 Falera was known as Fellers.
caption: Village of Falera
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