Landquart District
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 |  Switzerland |
| Canton |  Graubünden |
| Capital | Igis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 193.23 km2 (74.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • 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:
| Fünf Dörfer circle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2019)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Haldenstein | 1,090 | 18.55 | ||
| Landquart | 8,926 | 18.86 | ||
| Trimmis | 3,310 | 28.47 | ||
| Untervaz | 2,521 | 27.67 | ||
| Zizers | 3,490 | 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]
| Maienfeld circle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2019)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Fläsch | 835 | 19.95 | ||
| Jenins | 895 | 10.50 | ||
| Maienfeld | 3,006 | 32.37 | ||
| Malans | 2,419 | 11.38 | ||
The district was formerly called Unterlandquart and additionally included the sub-districts of Schiers and Seewis, now part of Prättigau/Davos.
Languages
| Languages of Landquart District, GR | ||||||
| Languages | Census 2000 | |||||
| Number | Percent | |||||
| German | 19,722 | 89.3% | ||||
| Romansh | 448 | 2.0% | ||||
| Italian | 457 | 2.1% | ||||
| TOTAL | 22,075 | 100% | ||||
References
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
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