What is Tarasp?
{{Infobox Swiss town |subject_name = Tarasp |image_photo = Tarasp-01.jpg |image_caption = Lake Tarasp at dawn |municipality_name = Tarasp |municipality_type = former |imagepath_coa = Tarasp wappen.svg|pixel_coa= |map = Karte Gemeinde Tarasp.png |languages = German, Romansh |canton = Graubünden |iso-code-region = CH-GR |district = [[Inn (district)|Inn]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|46|N|10|15|E|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = 7553 |municipality_code = 3745 |area = 46.9 |elevation = 1403|elevation_description= |population = 337 | populationof = Dec 2014 | popofyear = 2014 |website = www.tarasp.ch |mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= |mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = |places = Fontana, Vulpera, Sparsels, Aschera, Avrona, Chaposch, Chants, Florins, Nairs, Sgnè, Vallatscha |demonym = |neighboring_municipalities= [[Ardez]], [[Ftan]], [[Scuol]], [[Tschierv]], [[Zernez]] |twintowns = }} '''Tarasp''' was a [[municipality]] in the [[district]] of [[Inn (district)|Inn]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Graubünden]]. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower [[Engadin]] valley along the [[Inn (river)|Inn River]], at the foot of the [[Sesvenna Range]]. On 1 January 2015, the former municipalities of [[Ardez]], [[Guarda, Switzerland|Guarda]], Tarasp, [[Ftan]] and [[Sent]] merged into the municipality of [[Scuol]].<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 27 April 2016</ref> Originally a [[Romansh language]] area, the majority of the population today speaks [[High Alemannic German]]. Unlike the surrounding municipalities, the Tarasp parish is mainly [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]. == History == Tarasp was also a [[Lordship]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], which joined the [[Austrian Circle|Austrian]] [[Imperial Circle