Prättigau/Davos District

Prättigau/Davos District
Bezirk Prättigau/Davos
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Davos
Area
 • Total 853.40 km2 (329.5 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 26,198
 • Density 30.7/km2 (79.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 13

Prättigau/Davos District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 823.95 km2 (318.13 sq mi) and has a population of 26,198 (as of 31 December 2010).[1]

It consists of seven Kreise (sub-districts) and fifteen municipalities:

Davos sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Davos 11,166 254.48
Jenaz sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Fideris 613 25.32
Furna 201 33.25
Jenaz 1,148 25.95
Klosters sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Klosters-Serneus 3,892 193.16
Küblis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Conters im Prättigau 236 18.40
Küblis 819 8.13
Saas im Prättigau 758 26.74
Luzein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Luzein 1,189 31.63
St. Antönien 376 52.2
Schiers sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Grüsch 1,323 43.30
Schiers 2,549 61.75
Seewis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
Area (km²)
Seewis im Prättigau 1,388 49.64

The sub-districts Davos, Jenaz, Klosters, Küblis and Luzein belonged until 1986 to the defunct district Oberlandquart; the sub-districts Schiers and Seewis to the defunct district Unterlandquart.

Languages

Languages of Prättigau/Davos District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 23,492 89.9 %
Romansh 285 1.1 %
Italian 452 1.7 %
TOTAL 26,130 100 %

References

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