Prättigau/Davos District
Bezirk Prättigau/Davos | |
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District | |
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Capital | Davos |
Area | |
• Total | 853.40 km2 (329.50 sq mi) |
Population (December 2015) | |
• Total | 26,257 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 13 |
Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh: ) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 823.95 km2 (318.13 sq mi) and has a population of 26,257 in 2015. It was replaced with the Prättigau/Davos Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
It consists of seven Kreise (sub-districts) and fifteen municipalities:
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Davos | 10,832 | 254.48 |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Fideris | 595 | 25.32 |
Furna | 207 | 33.25 |
Jenaz | 1,147 | 25.95 |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Klosters-Serneus | 4,416 | 193.16 |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Conters im Prättigau | 220 | 18.40 |
Küblis | 891 | 8.13 |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Luzein | 1,596 | 31.63 |
St. Antönien | 331 | 52.2 |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Grüsch | 2,115 | 43.30 |
Schiers | 2,727 | 61.75 |
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
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Seewis im Prättigau | 1,376 | 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.
Mergers
[edit]On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus.[3]
Languages
[edit]Languages | Census 2000 | |
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Number | Percent | |
German | 23,492 | 89.9% |
Romansh | 285 | 1.1% |
Italian | 452 | 1.7% |
TOTAL | 26,130 | 100% |
References
[edit]- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 18 January 2018