page_title: Districts of Switzerland
section_title: Graubünden
hierarchical_section_title: Districts of Switzerland / Graubünden
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Regionen des Kanton Graubünden
context_page_description: In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton is
  completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed districts.
  Most cantons are divided into Bezirke. They are also termed Ämter, Amtsbezirke, district or distretto. The Bezirke generally provide only administration and court organization. However, for historical reasons districts in cantons Graubünden and Schwyz are their own legal entities with jurisdiction over tax and often have their own Landsgemeinde.
  Seven of the 26 cantons – Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug, Basel-City and Geneva – have always existed without the district level of government. An eighth one, Appenzell Innerrhoden, uses no intermediate level either, but calls its lowest-level subdivisions Bezirke, although they are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere.
  A number of further cantons are considering an abolition of the district level in the future: Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Schaffhausen, Lucerne, St.
context_section_description: Beginning in 2017 Graubünden is divided into 11 regions:
  Albula
  Bernina
  Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair
  Imboden
  Landquart
  Maloja
  Moesa
  Plessur
  Prättigau/Davos
  Surselva
  Viamala
caption: Regions of Canton Graubünden
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