Official Name: | Albula District |
Native Name: | Bezirk Albula District Alvra Distretto di Albula |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Area Total Km2: | 693.47 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank Info Sec1: | 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.
Municipality | Population | Area (km²) | |
---|---|---|---|
9.9 | |||
42.51 |
Municipality | Population | Area (km²) | |
---|---|---|---|
21.82 | |||
11.32 |
Municipality | Population | Area (km²) | |
---|---|---|---|
145.76 | |||
44.58 |
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 | Census 2000 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | ||||
align=right | 5,646 | align=right | 66.3% | ||
align=right | 2,163 | align=right | 25.4% | ||
align=right | 263 | align=right | 3.1% | ||
TOTAL | align=right | 8,514 | align=right | 100% |