Maloja District ( rm, , it, Distretto di Maloja) is a former

administrative district Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

in the canton of Graubünden (or

Grigioni The Grisons () or Graubünden,Names include: *german: (Kanton) Graubünden ; *Romansh language, Romansh: ** rm, label=Sursilvan, (Cantun) Grischun ** rm, label=Vallader, (Chantun) Grischun ** rm, label=Puter, (Chantun) Grischun ** rm, label= ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It had an area of and had a population of 18,698 in 2015. It was replaced with the

Maloja Region Maloja Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other fed ...

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,

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, and Romansh. It consisted of two '' Kreis'' or ''circoli'' in Italian (sub-districts) and sixteen

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Languages

All three of Graubünden's official languages:

, Romansh, and

, 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.

References

Districts of Graubünden Engadin {{Graubünden-geo-stub