Summary
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 | |
 | |
| 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 |
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 edit
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 | ||
Languages edit
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 edit
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- ^ 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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