Maloja District
District in Switzerland
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Maloja District (Romansh: ⓘ, Italian: Distretto di Maloja) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 km2 (375.79 sq mi) and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the Maloja Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.
It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km2) |
|---|---|---|
| Bregaglia | 1,556 | 251.45 |
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km2) |
|---|---|---|
| Bever | 584 | 45.65 |
| Celerina/Schlarigna | 1,484 | 24.03 |
| La Punt Chamues-ch | 686 | 63.22 |
| Madulain | 206 | 16.35 |
| Pontresina | 2,178 | 118.24 |
| St. Moritz | 4,945 | 28.69 |
| Samedan | 2,923 | 113.97 |
| S-chanf | 697 | 137.90 |
| Sils im Engadin/Segl | 715 | 63.54 |
| Silvaplana | 1,121 | 44.71 |
| Zuoz | 1,199 | 65.62 |
Languages
All three of Graubünden's official languages: German, Romansh, and Italian, can be heard in the district. Except for the municipality of Bregaglia, the area was predominantly Romansh-speaking. Today, Romansh is spoken the least out of the three official languages of Maloja.
| Languages | Census 1970 | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| German | 6,567 | 41.3% | 7,269 | 44.7% | 8,643 | 52.6% | 10,474 | 55.7% |
| Romansh | 3,340 | 21.0% | 3,489 | 21.5% | 2,722 | 16.6% | 2,312 | 12.3% |
| Italian | 4,950 | 31.1% | 4,271 | 26.3% | 3,705 | 22.6% | 4,004 | 21.3% |
| TOTAL | 15,910 | 100% | 16,252 | 100% | 16,420 | 100% | 18,813 | 100% |
