Landquart District Explained

Official Name:Landquart District
Native Name:Bezirk Landquart
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Area Total Km2:193.23
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipalities
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Landquart District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 193.91km2 and has a population of 25,555 in 2015. It was replaced with the Landquart Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

It consisted of two Kreise (circles) and nine municipalities:

Fünf Dörfer circle
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km2)
18.55
28.47
27.67
10.96

In 2008 the municipality of Says merged into Trimmis. In 2012, the municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged to form the new municipality of Landquart.[2]

Maienfeld circle
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km2)
19.95
10.50
32.37
11.38

The district was formerly called Unterlandquart and additionally included the sub-districts of Schiers and Seewis, now part of Prättigau/Davos.

Languages

Languages of Landquart District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
align=right 19,722 align=right 89.3%
align=right 448 align=right 2.0%
align=right 457 align=right 2.1%
TOTAL align=right 22,075 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