Maloja District

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Maloja District is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden (or Grigioni), Switzerland. It had an area of 973.28 km2 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:

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.

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