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District in Switzerland
Prättigau/Davos District Bezirk Prättigau/Davos
District
Location of Prättigau/Davos District
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalDavos
Area
 • Total853.40 km (329.50 sq mi)
Population
 • Total26,257
 • Density31/km (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities13

Prättigau/Davos District (German: Bezirk Prättigau/Davos, Romansh: District da Partenz-Tavau) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 823.95 km (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.

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

Davos sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Davos 10,832 254.48
Jenaz sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Fideris 595 25.32
Furna 207 33.25
Jenaz 1,147 25.95
Klosters sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Klosters-Serneus 4,416 193.16
Küblis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Conters im Prättigau 220 18.40
Küblis 891 8.13
Luzein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Luzein 1,596 31.63
St. Antönien 331 52.2
Schiers sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Grüsch 2,115 43.30
Schiers 2,727 61.75
Seewis sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km²)
Seewis im Prättigau 1,376 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.

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. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 18 January 2018
Municipalities in the Prättigau/Davos Region, Switzerland
Coat of Arms of the Canton Graubünden
Grisons Districts of Graubünden

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