Albula District

Albula District
Bezirk Albula
District Alvra
Distretto di Albula
District
Location of Albula District
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalTiefencastel
Area
 • Total693.47 km2 (267.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total8,210
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities8

Albula District was one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. 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.[1]

Albula District consisted of four Kreise (sub-districts) Alvaschein, Belfort, Bergün and Surses, which are formed from a total of 8 municipalities following mergers in 2015 and 2016.

Alvaschein sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Albula/Alvra 1,295 93.93
Mutten 61 9.9
Vaz/Obervaz 2,802 42.51
Belfort sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Lantsch/Lenz 560 21.82
Schmitten 222 11.32
Bergün sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Bergün/Bravuogn 480 145.76
Filisur 434 44.58
Surses sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
Area (km²)
Surses 2,377 323.77
  1. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. ^ a b c d "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.