Hinterrhein District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of and had a population of 13,179 in 2015. Much of the district became part of the Viamala Region 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
Hinterrhein District consisted of five Kreise (sub-districts) and twenty-four municipalities. This number decreased from thirty-two when the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into Cazis. It decreased further in 2015 when Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
+ Avers sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Avers 93.07
+ Domleschg sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Domleschg Fürstenau 1.30 Rothenbrunnen 3.10 Scharans 14.28 Sils im Domleschg 9.32
+ Rheinwald sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Hinterrhein 48.38 Nufenen 28.07 Splügen 60.53 Sufers 34.56
+ Schams sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Andeer 30.46 Casti-Wergenstein 25.59 Donat 4.67 Ferrera 75.46 Lohn 8.14 Mathon 15.12 Rongellen 2.04 Zillis-Reischen 24.46
+ Thusis sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km²) Cazis 31.2 Flerden 6.06 Masein 4.19 Thusis 6.84 Tschappina 24.67 Urmein 4.35 Includes the area of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar which merged into Cazis on 1 January 2010.
Mergers On 1 January 2003 the municipalities of Donath and Patzen-Fardün became part of Donat. On 1 January 2006 Medels im Rheinwald became part of Splügen. On 1 January 2009 Tomils was created through the merger of Feldis/Veulden, Scheid, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils. On 1 January 2010 Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged into Cazis. On 1 January 2015 Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form Domleschg. Languages
+ Languages of Hinterrhein District, GR Languages Census 2000 Number Percent German 10,909 85.5%Romansh 728 5.7%Italian 301 2.4%TOTAL 12,758 100%
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