Albula District
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Albula District consisted of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein, Belfort, Bergün and Surses, which are formed from a total of 8 municipalities following mergers in 2015 and 2016.
| Municipality | Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Albula/Alvra | Template:Swiss populations | Template:Swiss area |
| Mutten | Template:Swiss populations | 9.9 |
| Vaz/Obervaz | Template:Swiss populations | 42.51 |
| Municipality | Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Lantsch/Lenz | Template:Swiss populations | 21.82 |
| Schmitten | Template:Swiss populations | 11.32 |
| Municipality | Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Bergün/Bravuogn | Template:Swiss populations | 145.76 |
| Filisur | Template:Swiss populations | 44.58 |
| Municipality | Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Surses | Template:Swiss populations | Template:Swiss area |
Mergers and name changes
- On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.[2]
- On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.[3]
Languages
The official languages of the district of Albula are German and Romansh. In the municipality of Bivio, Italian has given way to German as the official language there.
| Languages | Census 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | |
| German | 5,646 | 66.3% |
| Romansh | 2,163 | 25.4% |
| Italian | 263 | 3.1% |
| TOTAL | 8,514 | 100% |
References
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- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 2 January 2013
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 27 April 2016.
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