Landquart District

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Landquart District
Bezirk Landquart
District
Location of Landquart District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalIgis
Area
 • Total193.23 km2 (74.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total25,555
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities9

Landquart District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 193.91 km2 (74.87 sq mi) and has a population of 25,555 in 2015. It was replaced with the Landquart Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

It consisted of two Kreise (circles) and nine municipalities:

Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Haldenstein 1,090 18.55
Landquart 8,926 18.86
Trimmis 3,310 28.47
Untervaz 2,521 27.67
Zizers 3,490 10.96

In 2008 the municipality of Says merged into Trimmis. In 2012, the municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged to form the new municipality of Landquart.[3]

Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Fläsch 835 19.95
Jenins 895 10.50
Maienfeld 3,006 32.37
Malans 2,419 11.38

The district was formerly called Unterlandquart and additionally included the sub-districts of and , now part of Prättigau/Davos.

Languages[]

Languages of Landquart District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 19,722 89.3%
Romansh 448 2.0%
Italian 457 2.1%
TOTAL 22,075 100%

References[]

  1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009

Coordinates: 46°58′N 9°33′E / 46.967°N 9.550°E / 46.967; 9.550

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