Albula District

Albula District was one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It had an area of 723.13 km² and had a population of 8,210 in 2015. It was replaced with the Albula Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

Albula District

Bezirk Albula
District Alvra
Distretto di Albula
District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalTiefencastel
Area
  Total693.47 km2 (267.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
  Total8,210
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities8

Albula District consisted of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein, Belfort, Bergün and Surses, which are formed from a total of 8 municipalities following mergers in 2015 and 2016.

Alvaschein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
Area (km²)
Albula/Alvra1,310 93.93
Mutten61 9.9
Vaz/Obervaz2,780 42.51
Belfort sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
Area (km²)
Lantsch/Lenz535 21.82
Schmitten234 11.32
Bergün sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
Area (km²)
Bergün/Bravuogn480 145.76
Filisur434 44.58
Surses sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2018)[2]
Area (km²)
Surses2,356 323.77

Mergers and name changes

Languages

The official languages of the district of Albula are German and Romansh. In the municipality of Bivio, Italian has given way to German as the official language there.

Languages of Albula District, GR
LanguagesCensus 2000
NumberPercent
German5,64666.3%
Romansh2,16325.4%
Italian2633.1%
TOTAL8,514100%
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References

  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
  3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
  4. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016.

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