Maloja District

Maloja District
Bezirk Maloja
Distretto di Maloggia
District da Malögia
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Samedan
Area
 • Total 973.61 km2 (375.9 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 18,652
 • Density 19.2/km2 (49.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 16

Maloja District (Italian: Distretto di Maloggia) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 973.28 km2 (375.79 sq mi) and has a population of 18,652 (as of 31 December 2010).[1] It is trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.

It consists of two Kreise (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:

Bregaglia sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]		 Area (km²)
Bregaglia 1,601 251.45
Oberengadin sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]		 Area (km²)
Bever 660 45.65
Celerina/Schlarigna 1,533 24.03
La Punt-Chamues-ch 748 63.22
Madulain 194 16.35
Pontresina 1,994 118.24
St. Moritz 5,202 28.69
Samedan 2,968 113.97
S-chanf 712 137.90
Sils im Engadin/Segl 752 63.54
Silvaplana 978 44.71
Zuoz 1,310 65.62

Languages

All three of Graubünden's official languages: German, Romansh, and Italian, can be heard in the district. Except for the municipality of Bregaglia, the area was predominately Romansh-speaking. Today, Romansh is spoken the least out of the three official languages of Maloja.

Languages of Maloja District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 10,474 55.7 %
Romansh 2,312 12.3 %
Italian 4,004 21.3 %
TOTAL 18,813 100 %

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
Districts of Graubünden