Moesa District

Moesa
Distretto di Moesa
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Roveredo
Area
 • Total 473.74 km2 (182.91 sq mi)
Population (December 2015)
 • Total 8,125
 • Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities 14
Moesa scenery

Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 473.74 km2 (182.91 sq mi) corresponding to the Val Mesolcina, the valley of the eponymous Moesa River. It was replaced with the Moesa Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.[1]

It had a population of 8,125 in 2015. The official language is Italian.

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

Calanca circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]

Area (km²)
Buseno92 11.26
Calanca192 37.72
Castaneda273 3.94
Rossa148 58.93
Santa Maria in Calanca110 9.32
Mesocco circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Lostallo785 50.91
Mesocco1,354 164.76
Soazza353 46.37
Roveredo circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2016)[2]		 Area (km²)
Cama572 15.06
Grono1,023 14.83
Leggia161 9.15
Roveredo2,484 38.78
San Vittore788 22.03
Verdabbio156 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
LanguagesCensus 2000
NumberPercent
German5287.1%
Romansh100.1%
Italian6,57888.0%
TOTAL7,471100%

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
  2. 1 2 3 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2017
  3. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013

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


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