Hinterrhein District

Hinterrhein District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 617.67 km² (238.48 sq mi) and had a population of 13,179 in 2015. Much of the district became part of the Viamala Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

Hinterrhein District Bezirk Hinterrhein District dal Rain Posteriur
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
Capital	Thusis
Area
• Total	617.63 km^2 (238.47 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	13,179
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	24

Hinterrhein District consisted of five Kreise (sub-districts) and twenty-four municipalities. This number decreased from thirty-two when the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into Cazis.[2] It decreased further in 2015 when Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.[2]

Avers sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[3]	Area (km²)
Avers	171	93.07

Domleschg sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[3]	Area (km²)
Domleschg	2,113	45.94
Fürstenau	357	1.30
Rothenbrunnen	304	3.10
Scharans	790	14.28
Sils im Domleschg	960	9.32

Rheinwald sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[3]	Area (km²)
Hinterrhein	61	48.38
Nufenen	139	28.07
Splügen	377	60.53
Sufers	145	34.56

Schams sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[3]	Area (km²)
Andeer	906	30.46
Casti-Wergenstein	54	25.59
Donat	201	4.67
Ferrera	80	75.46
Lohn	52	8.14
Mathon	53	15.12
Rongellen	53	2.04
Zillis-Reischen	396	24.46

Thusis sub-district
Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[3]	Area (km²)
Cazis	2,264	31.2^a
Flerden	247	6.06
Masein	498	4.19
Thusis	9,409	6.84
Tschappina	133	24.67
Urmein	147	4.35

^a Includes the area of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar which merged into Cazis on 1 January 2010.

Mergers

• On 1 January 2003 the municipalities of Donath and Patzen-Fardün became part of Donat.
• On 1 January 2006 Medels im Rheinwald became part of Splügen.
• On 1 January 2009 Tomils was created through the merger of Feldis/Veulden, Scheid, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils.
• On 1 January 2010 Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into Cazis.
• On 1 January 2015 Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form Domleschg.

Languages

Languages of Hinterrhein District, GR
Languages	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
German	10,909	85.5%
Romansh	728	5.7%
Italian	301	2.4%
TOTAL	12,758	100%

References

1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
2. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
3. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.