Prättigau/Davos District Explained
Official Name: | Prättigau/Davos District |
Native Name: | Bezirk Prättigau/Davos |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Area Total Km2: | 853.40 |
Population As Of: | December 2015 |
Population Total: | 26257 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank Info Sec1: | 13 |
Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh: {{Audio|Roh-District da Partenz-Tavau.ogg|District da Partenz-Tavau) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 823.95km2 and has a population of 26,257 in 2015. It was replaced with the Prättigau/Davos Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
It consists of seven Kreise (sub-districts) and fifteen municipalities:
Küblis sub-districtMunicipality | Population
| Area (km²) |
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| | 18.40 |
| | 8.13 | |
Luzein sub-districtMunicipality | Population
| Area (km²) |
---|
| | 31.63 |
| | 52.2 | |
Schiers sub-districtMunicipality | Population
| Area (km²) |
---|
| | 43.30 |
| | 61.75 | |
The sub-districts Davos, Jenaz, Klosters, Küblis and Luzein belonged until 1986 to the defunct district Oberlandquart; the sub-districts Schiers and Seewis to the defunct district Unterlandquart.
Mergers
On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus.[2]
Languages
Languages of Prättigau/Davos District, GRLanguages | Census 2000 |
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Number | Percent |
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| align=right | 23,492 | align=right | 89.9% |
| align=right | 285 | align=right | 1.1% |
| align=right | 452 | align=right | 1.7% |
TOTAL | align=right | 26,130 | align=right | 100% | |
Notes and References
- https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016
- https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz