Albula District

Albula District
Bezirk Albula
District Alvra
Distretto di Albula
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Tiefencastel
Area
  Total 693.47 km2 (267.75 sq mi)
Population (2014)
  Total 8,177
  Density 12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 16

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 8,177 (as of 31 December 2014).[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 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Albula/Alvra 1,347 93.93
Mutten 75 9.9
Vaz/Obervaz 2,694 42.51
Belfort sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Lantsch/Lenz 512 21.82
Schmitten 253 11.32
Bergün sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Bergün/Bravuogn 457 145.76
Filisur 439 44.58
Surses sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Bivio 189 76.70
Cunter 256 7.11
Marmorera 31 19.0
Mulegns 25 33.80
Riom-Parsonz 304 56.04
Salouf 216 31.41
Savognin 1,016 22.23
Sur 68 23.18
Tinizong-Rona 320 54.30

Mergers and name changes

On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.[2]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  2. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 2 January 2013

Coordinates: 46°39′43″N 9°34′32″E / 46.6619°N 9.5756°E / 46.6619; 9.5756

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