Maloja District

Maloja District (Romansh: District da Malögia, Italian: Distretto di Maloggia) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 km2 (375.79 sq mi) and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the Maloja Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

Maloja District

Bezirk Maloja
Distretto di Maloggia
District da Malögia
District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalSamedan
Area
 • Total973.61 km2 (375.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total18,698
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities16

It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.

It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:

Bregaglia sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2]		 Area (km²)
Bregaglia1,555 251.45
Oberengadin sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2]		 Area (km²)
Bever607 45.65
Celerina/Schlarigna1,502 24.03
La Punt Chamues-ch679 63.22
Madulain207 16.35
Pontresina2,147 118.24
St. Moritz4,882 28.69
Samedan2,913 113.97
S-chanf681 137.90
Sils im Engadin/Segl702 63.54
Silvaplana1,132 44.71
Zuoz1,177 65.62

Languages

All three of Graubünden's official languages: German, Romansh, and Italian, can be heard in the district. Except for the municipality of Bregaglia, the area was predominately Romansh-speaking. Today, Romansh is spoken the least out of the three official languages of Maloja.

Languages of Maloja District, GR[3]
LanguagesCensus 1970Census 1980Census 1990Census 2000
NumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
German6,56741.3%7,26944.7%8,64352.6%10,47455.7%
Romansh3,34021.0%3,48921.5%2,72216.6%2,31212.3%
Italian4,95031.1%4,27126.3%3,70522.6%4,00421.3%
TOTAL15,910100%16,252100%16,420100%18,813100%

References
  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. "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.
  3. Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000 (in German) accessed 6 September 2016


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