Prättigau/Davos District

Prättigau/Davos District
Bezirk Prättigau/Davos
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Davos
Area
 • Total 853.40 km2 (329.50 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 26,312
 • Density 31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 13

Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh:  District da Partenz-Tavau ) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 823.95 km2 (318.13 sq mi) and has a population of 26,312 (as of 31 December 2014).[1]

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

Davos sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Davos 11,136 254.48
Jenaz sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Fideris 587 25.32
Furna 204 33.25
Jenaz 1,184 25.95
Klosters sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Klosters-Serneus 4,590 193.16
Küblis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Conters im Prättigau 209 18.40
Küblis 838 8.13
Saas im Prättigau 749 26.74
Luzein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Luzein 1,565 31.63
St. Antönien 337 52.2
Schiers sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Grüsch 1,975 43.30
Schiers 2,639 61.75
Seewis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2014)[1]		 Area (km²)
Seewis im Prättigau 1,385 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.

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015

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


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