Prättigau/Davos District
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]
Prättigau/Davos District
Bezirk Prättigau/Davos | |
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District | |
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
| Canton |  Graubünden |
| 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 |
It consists of seven Kreise (sub-districts) and fifteen municipalities:
| Davos sub-district | ||||
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| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Davos | 10,832 | 254.48 | ||
| Jenaz sub-district | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Fideris | 595 | 25.32 | ||
| Furna | 207 | 33.25 | ||
| Jenaz | 1,147 | 25.95 | ||
| Klosters sub-district | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Klosters-Serneus | 4,416 | 193.16 | ||
| Küblis sub-district | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Conters im Prättigau | 220 | 18.40 | ||
| Küblis | 891 | 8.13 | ||
| Luzein sub-district | ||||
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| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Luzein | 1,596 | 31.63 | ||
| St. Antönien | 331 | 52.2 | ||
| Schiers sub-district | ||||
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| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Grüsch | 2,115 | 43.30 | ||
| Schiers | 2,727 | 61.75 | ||
| Seewis sub-district | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| 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
On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus.[3]
Languages
| Languages of Prättigau/Davos District, GR | ||||||
| Languages | Census 2000 | |||||
| Number | Percent | |||||
| German | 23,492 | 89.9% | ||||
| Romansh | 285 | 1.1% | ||||
| Italian | 452 | 1.7% | ||||
| TOTAL | 26,130 | 100% | ||||
References
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- "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
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