Landquart District

Landquart District
Bezirk Landquart
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Igis
Area
 • Total 193.23 km2 (74.61 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 25,845
 • Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities 9

Landquart District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 193.91 km2 (74.87 sq mi) and has a population of 25,555 in 2015. It was replaced with the Landquart Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

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

Fünf Dörfer circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Haldenstein1,030 18.55
Landquart8,854 18.86
Trimmis3,301 28.47
Untervaz2,491 27.67
Zizers3,431 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.[3]

Maienfeld circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Fläsch691 19.95
Jenins902 10.50
Maienfeld2,835 32.37
Malans2,310 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
LanguagesCensus 2000
NumberPercent
German19,72289.3%
Romansh4482.0%
Italian4572.1%
TOTAL22,075100%

References

  1. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. 1 2 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

Coordinates: 46°58′N 9°33′E / 46.967°N 9.550°E / 46.967; 9.550

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