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District in Switzerland
Landquart District Bezirk Landquart
District
Location of Landquart District
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalIgis
Area
 • Total193.23 km (74.61 sq mi)
Population
 • Total25,555
 • Density130/km (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities9

Landquart District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 193.91 km (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.

It consisted of two Kreise (circles) and nine municipalities:

Fünf Dörfer circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km)
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.

Maienfeld circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020) 		Area (km)
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

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

  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 published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
Grisons Districts of Graubünden

46°58′N 9°33′E / 46.967°N 9.550°E / 46.967; 9.550

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