Moesa District

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Moesa
Distretto di Moesa
District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Roveredo
Area
 • Total 496.03 km2 (191.52 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Total 8,146
 • Density 16/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 17
Moesa scenery

Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 496.11 km2 (191.55 sq mi) corresponding to the Val Mesolcina, the valley of the eponymous Moesa River.

It has a population of 8,146 (as of 31 December 2012).[1] The official language is Italian.

It consists of three Kreise (circles) and seventeen municipalities:

Calanca circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2012)[1]

Area (km²)
Arvigo 86 17.01
Braggio 51 6.88
Buseno 94 11.26
Castaneda 236 3.94
Cauco 35 10.89
Rossa 120 58.93
Santa Maria in Calanca 117 9.32
Selma 33 2.88
Mesocco circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2012)[1]		 Area (km²)
Lostallo 725 50.91
Mesocco 1,260 164.76
Soazza 352 46.37
Roveredo circle
Municipality Population
(31 December 2012)[1]		 Area (km²)
Cama 535 15.06
Grono 987 14.83
Leggia 132 9.15
Roveredo 2,489 38.78
San Vittore 742 22.03
Verdabbio 152 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
Languages Census 2000
Number Percent
German 528 7.1%
Romansh 10 0.1%
Italian 6,578 88.0%
TOTAL 7,471 100%

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 16 September 2013
Graubünden Districts of Graubünden

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


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