Bivio
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| Population | 220 (December 2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 3 /km² (7 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 76.73 km² (29.6 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,769 m (5,804 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 7457 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 3531 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Avers, Bever, Marmorera, Mulegns, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Silvaplana, Soglio, Stampa, Sur | |||||||||
| Website | www.bivio.ch | |||||||||
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Bivio is a municipality in the district of Albula of the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
The village is located on the roads to the Julier and Septimer pass. It is the only traditionally Italian language village north of the continental divide. However, the German-speaking population is now in the majority, with large Romansh- and Italian-speaking minorities.
Neighboring municipalities are Marmorera, Bever (exclave), Silvaplana, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Stampa (exclave Maloja), Soglio, Avers and Mulegns. The area is 76.7 km² and the population 220 (2005).
[edit] Languages
Since the Middle Ages, three languages have been spoken in the municipality: Most inhabitants speak German and Romansch, as well as the official language, Italian. However, German has become more and more common. The local Italian dialect is a sub-dialect of Lombard (Bargajot), but with local variations. The local version of Romansch is somewhere between the two main dialects: Surmiran und Putér. Since both the German and Italian spoken breaks up into local dialects, up to seven dialects can be counted. This causes a real dilemma. In 1880, 67.5% spoke some version of Romansch, and in 1910, 67.44% (compared to a minority of 26.36% that spoke Italian). This percentage sank to 43.0% in 1941. Today, Italian is the only official language for municipality business.
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| Language | 1980 Census | 1990 Census | 2000 Census | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| German | 88 | 36.97% | 120 | 53.81% | 113 | 55.39% |
| Romansh | 44 | 18.49% | 20 | 8.97% | 25 | 12.25% |
| Italian | 100 | 42.02% | 76 | 34.08% | 60 | 29.41% |
| Population | 238 | 100% | 223 | 100% | 204 | 100% |
[edit] External link
- Bivio in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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