Prättigau/Davos District

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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

Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh: About this soundDistrict da Partenz-Tavau (help·info)) 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 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Davos 10,862 254.48
Jenaz sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Fideris 595 25.32
Furna 202 33.25
Jenaz 1,151 25.95
Klosters sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Klosters-Serneus 4,431 193.16
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Conters im Prättigau 222 18.40
Küblis 844 8.13
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Luzein 1,591 31.63
St. Antönien 331 52.2
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Grüsch 2,116 43.30
Schiers 2,705 61.75
Municipality Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area (km²)
Seewis im Prättigau 1,370 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. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "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 (in German) accessed 18 January 2018

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


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