Maloja District (, ) is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 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.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, German, Italian, and Romansh.
It consisted of two Kreis or circoli in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen municipalities:
+ Bregaglia sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km2) Bregaglia 251.45
+ Oberengadin sub-district Municipality Population () Area (km2) Bever 45.65 Celerina/Schlarigna 24.03 La Punt Chamues-ch 63.22 Madulain 16.35 Pontresina 118.24 St. Moritz 28.69 Samedan 113.97 S-chanf 137.90 Sils im Engadin/Segl 63.54 Silvaplana 44.71 Zuoz 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, GRSwiss Federal Statistical Office, Wohnbevölkerung am wirtschaftlichen Wohnsitz nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Hauptsprache und Nationalität, 1970-2000 accessed 6 September 2016 Languages Census 1970 Census 1980 Census 1990 Census 2000 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% 16,252100% 16,420 100% 18,813 100%
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