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 | |
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District | |
Country | |
Canton | |
Capital | Tiefencastel |
Area | |
• Total | 693.47 km2 (267.75 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 8,210 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 8 |
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 | ||||
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Municipality | Population (31 December 2018)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
Albula/Alvra | 1,310 | 93.93 | ||
Mutten | 61 | 9.9 | ||
Vaz/Obervaz | 2,780 | 42.51 |
Belfort sub-district | ||||
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Municipality | Population (31 December 2018)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
Lantsch/Lenz | 535 | 21.82 | ||
Schmitten | 234 | 11.32 |
Bergün sub-district | ||||
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Municipality | Population (31 December 2018)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
Bergün/Bravuogn | 480 | 145.76 | ||
Filisur | 434 | 44.58 |
Mergers and name changes
- On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.[3]
- On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.[4]
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 | ||||||
Languages | Census 2000 | |||||
Number | Percent | |||||
German | 5,646 | 66.3% | ||||
Romansh | 2,163 | 25.4% | ||||
Italian | 263 | 3.1% | ||||
TOTAL | 8,514 | 100% |
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References
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
- Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
- Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016.
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