Hinterrhein District

Hinterrhein District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 617.67 km² (238.48 sq mi) 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.^[1]

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.^[2] It decreased further in 2015 when Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.^[2]

^a 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

References

^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
^ a b Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
^ a b c d e "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.

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