Prättigau/Davos District

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Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh: ) 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]

Prättigau/Davos District
Bezirk Prättigau/Davos
District
Location of Prättigau/Davos District
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalDavos
Area
 • Total853.40 km2 (329.50 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2015)
 • Total26,257
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities13

It consists of seven Kreise (sub-districts) and fifteen municipalities:

Davos sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Davos10,832254.48
Jenaz sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Fideris59525.32
Furna20733.25
Jenaz1,14725.95
Klosters sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Klosters-Serneus4,416193.16
Küblis sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Conters im Prättigau22018.40
Küblis8918.13
Luzein sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Luzein1,59631.63
St. Antönien33152.2
Schiers sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Grüsch2,11543.30
Schiers2,72761.75
Seewis sub-district
MunicipalityPopulation
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Seewis im Prättigau1,37649.64

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
LanguagesCensus 2000
NumberPercent
German23,49289.9%
Romansh2851.1%
Italian4521.7%
TOTAL26,130100%

References

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

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