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Revision as of 17:41, 19 December 2015

Moesa
Distretto di Moesa
District
Location of Moesa
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalRoveredo
Area
 • Total496.03 km2 (191.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total8,426
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities14
Moesa scenery

Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 496.11 km2 (191.55 sq mi) corresponding to the Val Mesolcina, the valley of the eponymous Moesa River.

It has a population of 8,426 (as of 31 December 2020).[1] The official language is Italian.

It consists of three Kreise (circles) and seventeen municipalities:

Calanca circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[1]

Area (km²)
Buseno 91 11.26
Calanca 201 37.72
Castaneda 278 3.94
Rossa 151 58.93
Santa Maria in Calanca 115 9.32
Mesocco circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[1]
Area (km²)
Lostallo 840 50.91
Mesocco 1,323 164.76
Soazza 324 46.37
Roveredo circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[1]
Area (km²)
Cama 589 15.06
Grono 1,397 14.83
Leggia 138 9.15
Roveredo 2,597 38.78
San Vittore 864 22.03
Verdabbio 163 13.11

Languages

The official language of Moesa is Italian, traditionally the Western Lombard dialect spoken by the native population.

Languages of Moesa District, GR
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 528 7.1%
Romansh 10 0.1%
Italian 6,578 88.0%
TOTAL 7,471 100%

Mergers and name changes

On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Selma and Cauco merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:De icon accessed 2 January 2013

46°14′N 9°07′E / 46.233°N 9.117°E / 46.233; 9.117