Albula District

Albula District
Bezirk Albula
District Alvra
Distretto di Albula
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Tiefencastel
Area
 • Total 693.47 km2 (267.8 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 8,227
 • Density 11.9/km2 (30.7/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 22

Albula District is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It has an area of 723.13 km² and has a population of 8,227 (as of 31 December 2010).[1]

Albula District consists of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein, Belfort, Bergün and Surses, which are formed from a total of 23 municipalities

Alvaschein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Alvaschein 145 4.06
Mon 97 8.5
Mutten 80 9.9
Stierva 140 10.5
Tiefencastel 269 14.9
Vaz/Obervaz 2,612 42.51
Belfort sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Alvaneu 394 35.68
Brienz/Brinzauls 115 13.38
Lantsch/Lenz 532 21.82
Schmitten 256 11.32
Surava 203 6.96
Bergün sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Bergün/Bravuogn 487 145.76
Filisur 461 44.58
Surses sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Bivio 204 76.70
Cunter 240 7.11
Marmorera 43 19.0
Mulegns 30 33.80
Riom-Parsonz 303 56.04
Salouf 218 31.41
Savognin 960 22.23
Sur 99 23.18
Tinizong-Rona 339 54.30

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 %

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 10 December 2011