Hinterrhein District

Hinterrhein District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 617.67 km2 (238.48 sq mi) and has a population of 12,774 (as of 31 December 2011).

Hinterrhein District consists of five Kreise (sub-districts) and twenty-eight municipalities. This number decreased from thirty-two when the municipalities of Portein, Präz, Sarn, and Tartar merged on 1 January 2010 into Cazis.

Avers sub-district
Municipality Population
Area (km²)
Avers 171 93.07
Domleschg sub-district
Municipality Population
Area (km²)
Almens 226 8.36
Fürstenau 351 1.30
Paspels 453 4.57
Pratval 253 0.80
Rodels 267 1.68
Rothenbrunnen 305 3.10
Scharans 832 14.28
Sils im Domleschg 883 9.32
Tomils 713 30.56
Rheinwald sub-district
Municipality Population
Area (km²)
Hinterrhein 65 48.38
Nufenen 159 28.07
Splügen 395 60.53
Sufers 124 34.56
Schams sub-district
Municipality Population
Area (km²)
Andeer 876 30.46
Casti-Wergenstein 51 25.59
Donat 214 4.67
Ferrera 87 75.46
Lohn 46 8.14
Mathon 49 15.12
Rongellen 51 2.04
Zillis-Reischen 423 24.46
Thusis sub-district
Municipality Population
Area (km²)
Cazis 2,034 31.2a
Flerden 215 6.06
Masein 412 4.19
Thusis 2,866 6.84
Tschappina 139 24.67
Urmein 114 4.35
^a Includes the area of Portein, Präz, Sarn and Tartar which merged into Cazis on 1 January 2010.

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