Landquart District

Landquart District
Bezirk Landquart
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Igis
Area
 • Total 193.23 km2 (74.6 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 24,093
 • Density 124.7/km2 (322.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 9

Landquart District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 193.91 km2 (74.87 sq mi) and has a population of 24,093 (as of 31 December 2010).[1]

It consists of two Kreise (circles) and nine municipalities:

Fünf Dörfer circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]		 Area (km²)
Haldenstein 1,003 18.55
Landquart 8,286

18.86
Trimmis 3,023 28.47
Untervaz 2,378 27.67
Zizers 3,190 10.96

In 2008 the municipality of Says merged into Trimmis. In 2012, the municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged to form the new municipality of Landquart.[2]

Maienfeld circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]		 Area (km²)
Fläsch 596 19.95
Jenins 850 10.50
Maienfeld 2,554 32.37
Malans 2,213 11.38

The district was formerly called Unterlandquart and additionally included the sub-districts of Schiers and Seewis, now part of Prättigau/Davos.

Languages

Languages of Landquart District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 19,722 89.3 %
Romansh 448 2.0 %
Italian 457 2.1 %
TOTAL 22,075 100 %

References

  1. ^ a b c 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
Districts of Graubünden