Albula District Explained

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
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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
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km²)
9.9
42.51
Belfort sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km²)
21.82
11.32
Bergün sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km²)
145.76
44.58

Mergers and name changes

Languages

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
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%

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016
  2. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
  3. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz