Maloja District (, ) is a former

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in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni),

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. It had an area of and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the

Maloja Region Maloja Region is one of the eleven Districts of Switzerland, administrative districts in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It has an area of and a population of (as of ). It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a ...

on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016
accessed 16 February 2017 It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance,

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, and Romansh. It consisted of two '' Kreis'' or ''circoli'' in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen

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Languages

All three of Graubünden's official languages:

, Romansh, and

, 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.

References

Districts of Graubünden Engadin {{Graubünden-geo-stub