Plessur District Explained

Official Name:Plessur District
Native Name:Bezirk Plessur
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Area Total Km2:266.75
Population As Of:December 2015
Population Total:40707
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipalities
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Plessur District (German: Bezirk Plessur, Romansh: {{Audio|Roh-District da la Plessur.ogg|District da la Plessur) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 266.73km2 and has a population of 40,707 in 2015. The former district is named after the river Plessur which crosses it. However, the region along the Plessur –and therefore the whole valley–is called Schanfigg. It was replaced with the Plessur Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

Plessur District consisted of three Kreise (sub-districts) Chur, Churwalden and Schanfigg, which are formed from a total of twelve municipalities:

Churwalden sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km²)
48.58
27.74

Includes the area of Malix and Parpan which merged into Churwalden on 1 January 2010.

Schanfigg sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km²)
42.54
7.61

Includes the area of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig which merged into Arosa in 2013.

Mergers

Languages

Languages of Plessur District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
align=right 32,655 align=right 81.9%
align=right 1,873 align=right 4.7%
align=right 1,831 align=right 4.6%
TOTAL align=right 39,892 align=right 100%

See also

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. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 . Federal Statistical Office . 2009 . 6 March 2010 . 3166 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf . 18 November 2010 .
  3. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz