Maloja District
# Maloja District

Maloja District (Romansh: District da Malögia, Italian: Distretto di Maloja) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 $km^2$ (375.79 sq mi) and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the Maloja Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.

It was trilingual, with official languages used by municipalities inside the district being, in order of dominance, German, Italian, and Romansh.

It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:

Bregaglia sub-district :

| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020) | Area $(km^2)$ |
| - | - | - |
| Bregaglia | 1,556 | 251.45 |

Oberengadin sub-district :

| Municipality | Population (31 December 2020) | Area $(km^2)$ |
| - | - | - |
| Bever | 584 | 45.65 |
| Celerina/Schlarigna | 1,484 | 24.03 |
| La Punt Chamues-ch | 686 | 63.22 |
| Madulain | 206 | 16.35 |
| Pontresina | 2,178 | 118.24 |
| St. Moritz | 4,945 | 28.69 |
| Samedan | 2,923 | 113.97 |
| S-chanf | 697 | 137.90 |
| Sils im Engadin/Segl | 715 | 63.54 |
| Silvaplana | 1,121 | 44.71 |
| Zuoz | 1,199 | 65.62 |

## Languages

All three of Graubünden's official languages: German, Romansh, and Italian, 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.

Languages of Maloja District, GR :

| Languages | Census 1970 | Census 1970 | Census 1980 | Census 1980 | Census 1990 | Census 1990 | Census 2000 | Census 2000 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Languages | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| German | 6,567 | 41.3% | 7,269 | 44.7% | 8,643 | 52.6% | 10,474 | 55.7% |
| Romansh | 3,340 | 21.0% | 3,489 | 21.5% | 2,722 | 16.6% | 2,312 | 12.3% |
| Italian | 4,950 | 31.1% | 4,271 | 26.3% | 3,705 | 22.6% | 4,004 | 21.3% |
| TOTAL | 15,910 | 100% | 16,252 | 100% | 16,420 | 100% | 18,813 | 100% |
