Inn District, Switzerland

Inn District
Bezirk Inn
District d'En
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Scuol
Area
 • Total 1,196.56 km2 (461.99 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 9,350
 • Density 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities 7

Inn District (Romansh:  District da l'En ) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 1,196.77 km2 (462.08 sq mi) and had a population of 9,476 in 2015. It was replaced with the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

It consisted of four Kreise (sub-districts) and seven municipalities:

Ramosch (Remüs) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Samnaun758 56.18
Valsot876 158.96
Suot Tasna (Untertasna) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Scuol4,638 144.14
Sur Tasna (Obtasna) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Lavin226 46.18
Susch211 93.95
Zernez1,540 203.91
Val Müstair
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Val Müstair1,538 198.65

Mergers and name changes

Languages

Along with Surselva, the district of Inn is predominantly 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 the latter has an unofficial status in most of the municipalities.

Languages of Inn District, GR
LanguagesCensus 2000
NumberPercent
German3,17735.7%
Romansh5,14457.9%
Italian1942.2%
TOTAL8,888100%

References

  1. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2017
  3. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
  4. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
  5. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016

Coordinates: 46°48′N 10°17′E / 46.800°N 10.283°E / 46.800; 10.283

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