Albula District

District in Switzerland

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)

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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)

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|

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

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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

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* 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

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
2. ^ 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.
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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Districts of Graubünden

* Albula
* Bernina
* Hinterrhein
* Imboden
* Inn
* Landquart
* Maloja
* Moesa
* Plessur
* Prättigau/Davos
* Surselva

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