- Surselva (district)
Surselva is an administrative district in the canton of
Graubünden ,Switzerland . It has an area of Convert|1373.39|km2|sqmi|abbr=on and a population of 22,381 (as of December 2004).The Surselva encompasses the valley of the
Vorderrhein and all its side valleys, from the source near theOberalppass all the way down to Reichenau, where the Vorderrhein joins the Hinterrhein to form the Rhine proper.The Surselva is one of the few areas in Switzerland that is mainly Romansh-speaking (another notable valley being theEngadin , the valley of the Inn). There are a few German-speaking communities in the Surselva, two notable ones beingObersaxen and Vals, which were founded in the thirteenth century by theWalser .Kreise
It consists of five "Kreise" (sub-districts) and forty-three municipalities:
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