Maloja District Explained

Official Name:	Maloja District
Native Name:	Bezirk Maloja Distretto di Maloggia District da Malögia
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type3:	Capital
Area Total Km2:	973.61
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset:	+1
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Blank Name Sec1:	Municipalities
Blank Info Sec1:	16

Maloja District (Romansh: {{Audio-nohelp|Roh-putèr-District da Malögia.ogg|District da Malögia, Italian: Distretto di Maloja) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28km2 and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the Maloja Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.^[1]

It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.

It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:

Oberengadin sub-district
Municipality	Population	Area (km²)
		45.65
		24.03
		63.22
		16.35
		118.24
		28.69
		113.97
		137.90
		63.54
		44.71
		65.62

Languages

All three of Graubünden's official languages: German, Romansh, and Italian, can be heard in the district. Except for the municipality of Bregaglia, the area was predominantly Romansh-speaking. Today, Romansh is spoken the least out of the three official languages of Maloja.

Languages of Maloja District, GR^[2]
Languages	Census 1970		Census 1980		Census 1990		Census 2000
Languages	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
	align=right	6,567	align=right	41.3%	align=right	7,269	align=right	44.7%	align=right	8,643	align=right	52.6%	align=right	10,474	align=right	55.7%
	align=right	3,340	align=right	21.0%	align=right	3,489	align=right	21.5%	align=right	2,722	align=right	16.6%	align=right	2,312	align=right	12.3%
	align=right	4,950	align=right	31.1%	align=right	4,271	align=right	26.3%	align=right	3,705	align=right	22.6%	align=right	4,004	align=right	21.3%
TOTAL	align=right	15,910	align=right	100%	align=right	16,252	align=right	100%	align=right	16,420	align=right	100%	align=right	18,813	align=right	100%

References

46.4025°N 9.695°W

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.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Selection.aspx?px_language=de&px_db=px-x-4001000000_123&px_tableid=px-x-4001000000_123\px-x-4001000000_123.px&px_type=PX Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000