Landquart District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 193.91 km2 (74.87 sq mi) and has a population of 25,555 in 2015. It was replaced with the Landquart Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]
Landquart District
Bezirk Landquart | |
|---|---|
District | |
| Country | |
| Canton | |
| Capital | Igis |
| Area | |
• Total | 193.23 km2 (74.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 25,555 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipalities | 9 |
It consisted of two Kreise (circles) and nine municipalities:
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km2) |
|---|---|---|
| Haldenstein | 1,088 | 18.55 |
| Landquart | 8,857 | 18.86 |
| Trimmis | 3,322 | 28.47 |
| Untervaz | 2,527 | 27.67 |
| Zizers | 3,520 | 10.96 |
In 2008 the municipality of Says merged into Trimmis. In 2012, the municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged to form the new municipality of Landquart.[3]
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[2] |
Area (km2) |
|---|---|---|
| Fläsch | 831 | 19.95 |
| Jenins | 915 | 10.50 |
| Maienfeld | 3,029 | 32.37 |
| Malans | 2,462 | 11.38 |
The district was formerly called Unterlandquart and additionally included the sub-districts of Schiers and Seewis, now part of Prättigau/Davos.
Languages
edit| Languages | Census 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | |
| German | 19,722 | 89.3% |
| Romansh | 448 | 2.0% |
| Italian | 457 | 2.1% |
| TOTAL | 22,075 | 100% |
References
edit- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009