Maloja District

Maloja District
Bezirk Maloja
Distretto di Maloggia
District da Malögia
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Samedan
Area
 • Total 973.61 km2 (375.91 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 18,550
 • Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities 16

Maloja District (Romansh:  District da Malögia, Italian: Distretto di Maloggia) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 km2 (375.79 sq mi) and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the Maloja Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.

It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:

Bregaglia sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Bregaglia1,537 251.45
Oberengadin sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Bever616 45.65
Celerina/Schlarigna1,499 24.03
La Punt-Chamues-ch745 63.22
Madulain216 16.35
Pontresina2,197 118.24
St. Moritz5,084 28.69
Samedan2,980 113.97
S-chanf694 137.90
Sils im Engadin/Segl714 63.54
Silvaplana1,054 44.71
Zuoz1,214 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[3]
LanguagesCensus 1970Census 1980Census 1990Census 2000
NumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
German6,56741.3%7,26944.7%8,64352.6%10,47455.7%
Romansh3,34021.0%3,48921.5%2,72216.6%2,31212.3%
Italian4,95031.1%4,27126.3%3,70522.6%4,00421.3%
TOTAL15,910100%16,252100%16,420100%18,813100%

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. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000 (in German) accessed 6 September 2016

Coordinates: 46°24′9″N 9°41′42″E / 46.40250°N 9.69500°E / 46.40250; 9.69500


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