Albula District was one of the eleven
administrative districts
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in the
canton of
Graubünden in
Switzerland
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. It had an area of 723.13 km² and had a population of 8,210 in 2015. It was replaced with the
Albula Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.
Albula District consisted of four ''Kreise'' (sub-districts)
Alvaschein,
Belfort
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Belfort is from Paris and from Basel. The residents of the city ...
,
Bergün and
Surses
Sursés () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Albula Region of the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parson ...
, which are formed from a total of 8
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
following mergers in 2015 and 2016.
Mergers and name changes
*On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of
Alvaschein,
Mon,
Stierva,
Tiefencastel
Tiefencastel () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls a ...
,
Alvaneu,
Brienz/Brinzauls and
Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
*On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of
Bivio,
Cunter
Cunter (Romansh language, Romansh, in German language, German: Conters im Oberhalbstein) is a village and former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula (district), Albula in the Cantons of Switzerland, ...
,
Marmorera,
Mulegns,
Riom-Parsonz,
Salouf,
Savognin,
Sur and
Tinizong-Rona
Tinizong-Rona is a former municipality in the district of Albula in the Sursés in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was formed in 1998 from the villages of ''Tinizong'' and '' Rona''. The local administration is situated in Tinizong ...
merged to form the new municipality of Surses.
Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27 April 2016.
Languages
The official languages of the district of Albula are German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
and Romansh. In the municipality of Bivio, Italian has given way to German as the official language there.
References
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Districts of Graubünden