Inn District, Switzerland

For the region in Austria, see Innviertel.
Inn District
Bezirk Inn
District d'En
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Scuol
Area
  Total 1,196.56 km2 (461.99 sq mi)
Population (2014)
  Total 9,426
  Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 12

Inn District (Romansh:  District da l'En ) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 1,196.77 km2 (462.08 sq mi) and has a population of 9,426 (as of 31 December 2014).[1]

It consists of four Kreise (sub-districts) and thirteen municipalities:

Ramosch (Remüs) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Samnaun 776 56.18
Valsot 908 159.01
Suot Tasna (Untertasna) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Ftan 492 43.10
Scuol 2,351 144.14
Sent 881 111.74
Sur Tasna (Obtasna) sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Ardez 427 61.43
Guarda 155 31.45
Lavin 221 46.18
Susch 206 93.95
Tarasp 337 46.90
Zernez 1,139 203.91
Val Müstair
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]
Area (km²)
Val Müstair 1,533 198.65

Mergers and name changes

In 2009 Fuldera, , Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava merged to form the municipality of Val Müstair.[2] On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Romosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.[2]

Languages

Along with Surselva, the district of Inn is predominately Romansh-speaking, with a large German-speaking minority. Except for the municipality of Samnaun, all of the municipalities of the district has both Romansh and German as their language, although the latter has an unofficial status in most of the municipalities.

Languages of Inn District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 3,177 35.7%
Romansh 5,144 57.9%
Italian 194 2.2%
TOTAL 8,888 100%

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  2. 1 2 Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 23 September 2009

Coordinates: 46°48′N 10°17′E / 46.800°N 10.283°E / 46.800; 10.283

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