Surselva (district)

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Surselva is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 1,373.39 km² and a population of 22,381 (as of December 2004).

The Surselva encompasses the valley of the Vorderrhein and all its side valleys, from the source near the Oberalppass all the way down to Reichenau, where the Vorderrhein joins the Hinterrhein to form the Rhine proper. The Surselva is one of the few areas in Switzerland that is mainly Rumantsch-speaking (another notable valley being the Engadin, the valley of the Inn). There are a few German-speaking communities in the Surselva, two notable ones being Obersaxen and Vals, which were founded in the thirteenth century by the Walser.

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[edit] Kreise

It consists of five Kreise (sub-districts) and forty-three municipalities:

v • d • e Districts of the Canton of Graubünden Albula | Bernina | Hinterrhein | Imboden | Inn | Landquart | Maloja | Moësa | Plessur | Prättigau/Davos | Surselva Canton of Graubünden | Districts of Switzerland | Municipalities of the canton of Graubünden