Maloja District

Maloja District
Maloja District
Bezirk Maloja
Distretto di Maloggia
District da Malögia
—  District  —
Country  Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Samedan
Area
 - Total 973.61 km2 (375.9 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 - Total 18,586
 - Density 19.1/km2 (49.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 16

Maloja District (Italian: Distretto di Maloggia) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 973.28 km2 (375.79 sq mi) and has a population of 18,586 (as of 31 December 2009).[1] It is trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.

It consists of two Kreise (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:

Bregaglia sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2009)[1]		 Area (km²)
Bregaglia 1,613 251.45
Oberengadin sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2009)[1]		 Area (km²)
Bever 648 45.65
Celerina/Schlarigna 1,488 24.03
La Punt-Chamues-ch 719 63.22
Madulain 202 16.35
Pontresina 2,004 118.24
St. Moritz 5,175 28.69
Samedan 2,976 113.97
S-chanf 682 137.90
Sils im Engadin/Segl 754 63.54
Silvaplana 1,002 44.71
Zuoz 1,323 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 predominately Romansh-speaking. Today, Romansh is spoken the least out of the three official languages of Maloja.

Languages of Maloja District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 10,474 55.7 %
Romansh 2,312 12.3 %
Italian 4,004 21.3 %
TOTAL 18,813 100 %

References

  1. ^ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (German) accessed 25 August 2010
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Coordinates: 46°24′9″N 9°41′42″E / 46.4025°N 9.695°E / 46.4025; 9.695



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