Coordinates: 46°48′N 9°49′E / 46.800°N 9.817°E / 46.800; 9.817

Prättigau/Davos District

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Prättigau/Davos District
Bezirk Prättigau/Davos
District
Location of Prättigau/Davos District
CountryFile:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
CantonFile:Flag of Canton of Graubünden.svg Graubünden
CapitalDavos
Area
 • Total
853.40 km2 (329.50 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2015)
 • Total
26,257
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities13

Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh: Audio file "Roh-District da Partenz-Tavau.ogg" not found) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 823.95 km2 (318.13 sq mi) and has a population of 26,257 in 2015. It was replaced with the Prättigau/Davos Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1] It consists of seven Kreise (sub-districts) and fifteen municipalities:

Davos sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Davos 10,832 254.48
Jenaz sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Fideris 595 25.32
Furna 207 33.25
Jenaz 1,147 25.95
Klosters sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Klosters-Serneus 4,416 193.16
Küblis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Conters im Prättigau 220 18.40
Küblis 891 8.13
Luzein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Luzein 1,596 31.63
St. Antönien 331 52.2
Schiers sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Grüsch 2,115 43.30
Schiers 2,727 61.75
Seewis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Seewis im Prättigau 1,376 49.64

The sub-districts Davos, Jenaz, Klosters, Küblis and Luzein belonged until 1986 to the defunct district Oberlandquart; the sub-districts Schiers and Seewis to the defunct district Unterlandquart.

Mergers

On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus.[3]

Languages

Languages of Prättigau/Davos District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 23,492 89.9%
Romansh 285 1.1%
Italian 452 1.7%
TOTAL 26,130 100%

References

  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in Deutsch). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 18 January 2018

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