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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
- ^ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (German) accessed 25 August 2010
Coordinates: 46°24′9″N 9°41′42″E / 46.4025°N 9.695°E
Categories:- Districts of the canton of Graubünden
- Engadin
- Graubünden geography stubs
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