Albula district

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Albula district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	canton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Main town :	Tiefencastel
Area :	723.13 km²
Residents:	8210 (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Albula ( Romansh Alvra ) was an administrative unit of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland until December 31, 2015 . On January 1, 2016, it was replaced by the Albula region .

It comprised the valleys of the Albula , the Albula Valley , and the Julia , the Oberhalbstein . The region is also called Surmeir .

The following territorial changes took place:

The parishes of Rona and Tinizong merged on July 1, 1998 to form Tinizong-Rona parish .
On January 1, 2009, the municipality of Wiesen merged with Davos . As a result, the territory of the former municipality changes to the Prättigau / Davos district.
On January 1, 2015, the communities of Alvaneu , Brienz / Brinzauls and Surava from the Belfort district merged with Alvaschein , Mon , Stierva and Tiefencastel from the Alvaschein district to form the new Albula / Alvra community, which belongs to the Alvaschein district.
On January 1, 2016, the Albula district was replaced by the Albula region . The municipality of Mutten moved to the Viamala region .

Classification

The following districts and communities belonged to the Albula district until December 31, 2015:

Alvaschein district
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2014)	Area in km²
	Albula / Alvra	1322	93.63
	Mutt	75	9.96
	Vaz / Obervaz	2694	42.51

Belfort district
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2014)	Area in km²
	Lantsch / Lenz	512	21.81
	Schmitten	253	11.35

Bergün district
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2014)	Area in km²
	Bergün / Bravuogn	457	145.65
	Filisur	439	44.49

Surses district (Oberhalbstein)
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2013)	Area in km²
	Bivio	196	76.73
	Cunter	248	7.12
	Marmorera	31	18.90
	Mulegns	28	33.79
	Riom-Parsonz	294	55.97
	Salouf	216	31.49
	Savognin	1009	22.24
	Sur	78	23.22
	Tinizong-Rona	326	54.30

Changes in the community

Parishes until 1868
Municipalities until 1882
Municipalities until 1889
Municipalities until 1901
Municipalities until 1911
Municipalities until 1919
Municipalities until 1942
Municipalities until 1943
Municipalities until 1978
Municipalities until 1995
Municipalities until 1997
Municipalities until 2008
Municipalities until 2014
Municipalities until 2015

1869: Merger of Brienz and Surava → Brienz-Surava

1883: Brienz-Surava → Brienz and Surava split

1890: Change of name from Schweiningen → Savognin

1902: Name change from Marmels → Marmorera
1902: Change of name from Stalla → Bivio

1912: Merger Bergün and Latsch → Bergün

1920: Merger of Bergün and Stuls → Bergün

1943: Name change from Bergün → Bergün / Bravuogn
1943: Name change from Conters in Oberhalbstein → Cunter
1943: Name change from Lenz → Lantsch / Lenz
1943: Name change from Mons → Mon
1943: Change of name from Mühlen → Mulegns
1943: Change of name from Obervaz → Vaz / Obervaz
1943: Change of name from Presidency → Parsonz
1943: Change of name from Reams → Riom
1943: Change of name from Roffna → Rona
1943: Name change from Salux → Salouf
1943: Change of name from Stürvis → Stierva
1943: Change of name from Tinzen → Tinizun

1944: Name change from Tinizun → Tinizong

1979: Merger of Parsonz and Riom → Riom-Parsonz

1996: Name change from Brienz (GR) → Brienz / Brinzauls

1998: Merger of Rona and Tinizong → Tinizong-Rona

2009: Wiesen merges with Davos and moves to the Prättigau-Davos district

2015: Fusion of Alvaneu , Alvaschein , Brienz / Brinzauls , Mon , Stierva , Surava and Tiefencastel → Albula / Alvra

2016: Fusion: Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom-Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong-Rona → Surses
2016: District change: Mutten moves to the Viamala region

Web links

Commons : Albula District - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Article Surmeir in Romansh
Jürg Simonett: Albula district. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Permanent and non-permanent resident population by institutional breakdown, gender, nationality and age (permanent resident population)
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