Plessur District
Plessur District
Bezirk Plessur | |
|---|---|
District | |
| Location of Plessur District | |
| Country | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
| Canton | File:Flag of Canton of Graubünden.svg Graubünden |
| Capital | Chur |
| Area | |
• Total | 266.75 km2 (102.99 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2015) | |
• Total | 40,707 |
| • Density | 152.60/km2 (395.24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipalities | 5 |
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Plessur District (German: Bezirk Plessur, Romansh: Audio file "Roh-District da la Plessur.ogg" not found) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 266.73 km2 (102.99 sq mi) and has a population of 40,707 in 2015. The former district is named after the river Plessur which crosses it. However, the region along the Plessur –and therefore the whole valley–is called Schanfigg. It was replaced with the Plessur Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
Plessur District consisted of three Kreise (sub-districts) Chur, Churwalden and Schanfigg, which are formed from a total of twelve municipalities:
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Chur | 36,336 | 28.01 |
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Churwalden | 1,936 | 48.58a |
| Tschiertschen-Praden | 300 | 27.74 |
- ^a Includes the area of Malix and Parpan which merged into Churwalden on 1 January 2010.
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Arosa | 3,162 | 42.54 b |
| Maladers | 519 | 7.61 |
- ^b Includes the area of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig which merged into Arosa in 2013.
Mergers
[edit | edit source]- On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Malix and Parpan merged into the municipality of Churwalden.[3]
- On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.[4]
Languages
[edit | edit source]| Languages | Census 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | |
| German | 32,655 | 81.9% |
| Romansh | 1,873 | 4.7% |
| Italian | 1,831 | 4.6% |
| TOTAL | 39,892 | 100% |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
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- ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 9 February 2013
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