Inn District, Switzerland

Inn District
Bezirk Inn
District d'En
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Scuol
Area
 • Total 1,196.56 km2 (462 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 9,670
 • Density 8.1/km2 (20.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 13

Inn District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 1,196.77 km2 (462.08 sq mi) and has a population of 9,670 (as of 31 December 2010).[1]

It consists of four Kreise (sub-districts) and thirteen municipalities:

Ramosch (Remüs) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Ramosch 484 84.08
Samnaun 808 56.18
Tschlin 448 75.08
Suot Tasna (Untertasna) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Ftan 514 43.10
Scuol 2,376 144.14
Sent 908 111.74
Sur Tasna (Obtasna) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Ardez 435 61.43
Guarda 177 31.45
Lavin 220 46.18
Susch 214 93.95
Tarasp 354 46.90
Zernez 1,140 203.91
Val Müstair
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Val Müstair 1,592 198.65

In 2009 Fuldera, , Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava merged to form the municipality of Val Müstair.[2]

Languages

Along with Surselva, the district of Inn is predominately Romansh-speaking, with a large German-speaking minority. Except for the municipality of Samnaun, all of the municipalities of the district has both Romansh and German as their language, although German has unofficial status in most of the municipalities.

Languages of Inn District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 3,177 35.7 %
Romansh 5,144 57.9 %
Italian 194 2.2 %
TOTAL 8,888 100 %

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
  2. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 23 September 2009