Albula (district)
Encyclopedia
Albula District is one of the eleven administrative districts
Districts of Switzerland
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton iscompletely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed...

 in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Graubünden
Graubünden
Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...

 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It has an area of 723.13 km² and has a population of (as of ).

Albula District consists of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein
Alvaschein
Alvaschein is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-Coat of arms:...

, Belfort, Bergün
Bergün
Bergün/Bravuogn , is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The double name has been the official name since 1943.-Geography:...

 and Surses, which are formed from a total of 23 municipalities
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...




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| Alvaschein
Alvaschein
Alvaschein is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-Coat of arms:...

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| Mon
Mon, Switzerland
Mon is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Mon is first mentioned around 1001-1200 as de Maune. In 1281 it was mentioned as Mans. Until 1943 Mon was known as Mons.-Geography:...

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| align="center" | 8.5
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| Mutten
Mutten
Mutten is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Mutten is first mentioned in 1363 as unz uff die Mutten though this identification is debated. In 1549 it was mentioned as Hans ab Mutten.-Geography:Mutten has an area, , of...

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| align="center" | 9.9
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| Stierva
Stierva
Stierva is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.In the 2000 census, some two-thirds of the population declared Romansh as a first language, with most of the rest speaking German.-History:...

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| align="center" | 10.5
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| Tiefencastel
Tiefencastel
Tiefencastel is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Tiefencastel is first mentioned in 831 as in Castello Impitinis. Starting around in the 14th Century it was known as Tüffenkasten.-Geography:Tiefencastel has an area, , of...

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| align="center" | 14.9
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| Vaz/Obervaz
Vaz/Obervaz
Vaz/Obervaz is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.The municipality of Vaz/Obervaz includes the following villages: Lain, Muldain, Zorten, Lenzerheide, and Valbella, as well as the hamlets of Nivaigl, Fuso, Trantermoira, Sporz, Tgantieni, Sartons,...

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| align="center" | 42.51
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| Alvaneu
Alvaneu
Alvaneu is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.On 20 March 2007 Peter Martin Wettler, a media expert and resident of Zurich was appointed Prince of Belfort by the village's authorities....

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| align="center" | 35.68
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| Brienz/Brinzauls
Brienz/Brinzauls
Brienz/Brinzauls is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.The majority of the population is German-speaking, with a large Romansh-speaking minority.-Geography:...

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| align="center" | 13.38
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| Lantsch/Lenz
Lantsch/Lenz
Lantsch/Lenz is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.The majority of its population is Romansh-speaking.-Geography:...

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| align="center" | 21.82
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| Schmitten
Schmitten, Graubünden
Schmitten is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-Geography:Schmitten has an area, , of . Of this area, 25.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.1% is forested...

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| align="center" | 11.32
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| Surava
Surava
Surava is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-Geography:Surava has an area, , of . Of this area, 10.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 78.3% is forested...

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| align="center" | 6.96
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| Bergün/Bravuogn
Bergün
Bergün/Bravuogn , is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The double name has been the official name since 1943.-Geography:...

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| align="center" | 145.76
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| Filisur
Filisur
Filisur is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Filisur is first mentioned in 1262 as villa Fallisour.-Geography:...

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| align="center" | 44.58
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| Bivio
Bivio
Bivio is a municipality in the district of Albula of the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-History:Bivio is first mentioned about 840 as de stabulo Bivio. At one time it was known, in German, as Stallen and until 1895/1903 by its Italian name Stalla.-Geography:Bivio has an area, , of...

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| align="center" | 76.70
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| Cunter
Cunter
Cunter is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-Geography:...

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| align="center" | 7.11
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| Marmorera
Marmorera
Marmorera is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.Until the end of the 19th century, its population was almost exclusively Romansh-speaking...

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| align="center"| 19.0
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| Mulegns
Mulegns
Mulegns is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Around 600-500 BC, a copper mine and smelter were built in the Val Faller near modern Mulegns. The village was founded by a Walser group during the 15th Century. It was first mentioned in...

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| align="center" | 33.80
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| Riom-Parsonz
Riom-Parsonz
Riom-Parsonz is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was created from the 1979 union of the municipalities of Parsonz and Riom.-History:...

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| align="center" | 56.04
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| Salouf
Salouf
Salouf is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.The population is predominately Romansh-speaking.-Coat of arms:...

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| align="center" | 31.41
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| Savognin
Savognin
Savognin is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland....

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| align="center" | 22.23
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| Sur
Sur, Switzerland
Sur is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.The majority of its population are Romansh-speaking, with the 2000 census reporting that some 75% claimed it as their first language.-History:...

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| Tinizong-Rona
Tinizong-Rona
Tinizong-Rona is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was formed in 1998 from the communes of Tinizongand Rona. The local administration is situated in Tinizong.-History:...

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| align="center" | 54.30
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Languages

The official languages of the district of Albula
Albula (district)
Albula District is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It has an area of 723.13 km² and has a population of ....

 are German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 and Romansh. In the municipality of Bivio, Italian has given way to German as the official language there.
Languages of Albula District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 
5,646 66.3 %
Romansh  2,163 25.4 %
Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

263 3.1 %
TOTAL 8,514 100 %
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