Maloja District

Maloja District Bezirk Maloja Distretto di Maloggia District da Malögia
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
Capital	Samedan
Area
• Total	973.61 km^2 (375.91 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,698
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	16

Maloja District (Romansh: District da Malögia^ⓘ, Italian: Distretto di Maloja) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 km^2 (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:

Bregaglia sub-district

Municipality	Population (31 December 2020)[2]	Area (km^2)
Bregaglia	1,556	251.45

Oberengadin sub-district

Municipality	Population (31 December 2020)[2]	Area (km^2)
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 of Maloja District, GR[3]

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%

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. Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000 (in German) accessed 6 September 2016

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