Schams (Kreis)
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Sub-district in Switzerland
Kreis Schams
Kreis Schams | |
|---|---|
Sub-district | |
| Location of Kreis Schams | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Graubünden |
| Capital | Zillis-Reischen |
| Area | |
• Total | 201.85 km2 (77.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 1,802 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipalities | 8 |
The Kreis Schams forms, together with the sub-districts of Avers, Domleschg, Rheinwald and Thusis, the Bezirk ("district") Hinterrhein of the Canton Graubünden in Switzerland. The district office is located in Zillis-Reischen.
Geography
[edit ]Geographically, the Kreis is equivalent to the Schams valley, the middle section of the Hinterrhein valley south of the Viamala gorge.
| Coat of arms | Name | Residents (Dec. 2009) |
Area in km2 |
BFS No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andeer | Andeer | 916 | 46.30 | 3701 |
| Casti-Wergenstein | Casti-Wergenstein | 56 | 25.62 | 3703 |
| Donat | Donat | 203 | 4.67 | 3705 |
| Ferrera | Ferrera | 79 | 75.46 | 3713 |
| Lohn | Lohn | 51 | 8.17 | 3707 |
| Mathon | Mathon | 53 | 15.13 | 3708 |
| Rongellen | Rongellen | 56 | 2.02 | 3711 |
| Zillis-Reischen | Zillis-Reischen | 389 | 24.48 | 3712 |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kreis Schams .
- Official website of the Kreis Schams
- Schams (Kreis) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
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