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Moesa District

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

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.

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.

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