Moesa District

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]

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

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 2020)[2] Area (km²)
Buseno91 11.26
Calanca201 37.72
Castaneda278 3.94
Rossa151 58.93
Santa Maria in Calanca115 9.32
Mesocco circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]		 Area (km²)
Lostallo840 50.91
Mesocco1,323 164.76
Soazza324 46.37
Roveredo circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[2]		 Area (km²)
Cama589 15.06
Grono1,397 14.83
Leggia138 9.15
Roveredo2,597 38.78
San Vittore864 22.03
Verdabbio163 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. "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.
  3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013

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