| Official Name: | Bernina District |
| Native Name: | Distretto di Bernina |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
| Area Total Km2: | 237.30 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 2 |
Bernina District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 237.2 km2 and a population of 4,619 in 2015. It was replaced with the Bernina Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
It is the most south-easterly district in Switzerland, being surrounded on three sides by Italy and is predominantly Italian-speaking. As of 2000, 91% of the population speak Italian, followed by German (7.2%) and Romansh (0.5%).
Bernina District consisted of two sub-districts, Brusio and Poschiavo, each of which contains a single municipality of the same name.
The official language of the district of Bernina is Italian.
| Languages | Census 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | ||||
| align=right | 4,028 | align=right | 91.0% | ||
| align=right | 319 | align=right | 7.2% | ||
| align=right | 22 | align=right | 0.5% | ||
| TOTAL | align=right | 4,427 | align=right | 100% | |