Maloja District

Maloja District
Bezirk Maloja
Distretto di Maloggia
District da Malögia
District
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalSamedan
Area
  Total
973.61 km2 (375.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
18,698
  Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities16

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 km2 (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 (km2)
Bregaglia1,556 251.45
Oberengadin sub-district
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)
Area (km2)
Bever584 45.65
Celerina/Schlarigna1,484 24.03
La Punt Chamues-ch686 63.22
Madulain206 16.35
Pontresina2,178 118.24
St. Moritz4,945 28.69
Samedan2,923 113.97
S-chanf697 137.90
Sils im Engadin/Segl715 63.54
Silvaplana1,121 44.71
Zuoz1,199 65.62