Albula District

Albula District

Bezirk Albula
District Alvra
Distretto di Albula
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 (2020)
• Total	8,210
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	8

Albula District was one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It had an area of 723.13 km² and had a population of 8,210 in 2015. It was replaced with the Albula Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.^[1]

Albula District consisted of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein, Belfort, Bergün and Surses, which are formed from a total of 8 municipalities following mergers in 2015 and 2016.

Alvaschein sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2020)^[2]	Area (km²)
Albula/Alvra	1,295	93.93
Mutten	61	9.9
Vaz/Obervaz	2,802	42.51

Belfort sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2020)^[2]	Area (km²)
Lantsch/Lenz	560	21.82
Schmitten	222	11.32

Bergün sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2020)^[2]	Area (km²)
Bergün/Bravuogn	480	145.76
Filisur	434	44.58

Surses sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2020)^[2]	Area (km²)
Surses	2,377	323.77

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.^[3]
On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.^[4]

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
Languages	Number	Percent
German	5,646	66.3%
Romansh	2,163	25.4%
Italian	263	3.1%
TOTAL	8,514	100%

References

^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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 published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016.

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

[1] Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017

[Stat2020_GR-2] "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.

[Fusion-3] Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013

[4] Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016.

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Authority control databases
National	Germany
Other	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

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