Moesa District

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Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an official language of Italian, a population of 8,125 in 2015, and an area of 473.74 km2 (182.91 sq mi), corresponding to the Mesolcina valley along the eponymous Moesa River.

Moesa
Distretto di Moesa
District
Location of Moesa
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
CapitalRoveredo
Area
 • Total473.74 km2 (182.91 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2015)
 • Total8,125
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities14
Moesa scenery

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

The Moesa District was replaced with the Moesa Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.[2]

Municipalities

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It consisted of three Kreise (circles) and fourteen municipalities:

Calanca circle
Municipality Population (31 December 2020)[3] 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)[3]
Area (km2)
Lostallo 840 50.91
Mesocco 1,323 164.76
Soazza 324 46.37
Roveredo circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[3]
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

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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%

References

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  1. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
  2. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  3. ^ a b c "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.

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