Calanca

For the Calanca valley in Graubünden, see Val Calanca.
Calanca

Stone bridge in Arvigo village in Calanca
Calanca
Coordinates: 46°18′N 9°7′E / 46.300°N 9.117°E / 46.300; 9.117Coordinates: 46°18′N 9°7′E / 46.300°N 9.117°E / 46.300; 9.117
Country Switzerland
Canton Graubünden
District Moesa
Area[1]
 • Total 37.73 km2 (14.57 sq mi)
Population (Dec 2014[2])
 • Total 206
 • Density 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Postal code 6543-6546
SFOS number 3837
Surrounded by Buseno, Santa Maria in Calanca
Website http://www.comunedicalanca.ch
SFSO statistics

Braggio is a municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.[3]

History

Arvigo is first mentioned in 1453 as Arvicho.[4]

Braggio is first mentioned in 1419 as Bragio. It was part of the old municipality of Calanca until 1851 when it became an independent municipality.[5]

The church at Cauco is first mentioned in 1497. The village was part of the Squadra di Calanca until 1851 when it became an independent municipality.[6]

The village that became Selma was part of the Squadra di Calanca until 1796. Between 1796 and 1851 it was part of the Calanca interiore municipality. It was first called Selma in 1812, but it wasn't until 1851 that it became an independent political municipality.[7]

Geography

Bodio village and surrounding mountains in Calanca

Based on the 2009 survery, the former municipalities that make up Calanca had an area of 37.73 km2 (14.57 sq mi).[1] Of this area, 3.83 km2 (1.48 sq mi) or 10.2% was used for agricultural purposes, while 21.69 km2 (8.37 sq mi) or 57.5% was forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi) or 2.0% was settled (buildings or roads), 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 1.0% was either rivers or lakes and 11.01 km2 (4.25 sq mi) or 29.2% was unproductive land.[8] Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Out of the forested land, 48.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is pastures and 6.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 12.7% is unproductive vegetation and 16.5% is too rocky for vegetation.[8]

Demographics

Selma village and cable car

The total population of Calanca (as of December 2014) is 206.[2]

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[9]

Sights

Landarenca village and surrounding hiking trails

The villages of Landarenca, Braggio and Bodio / Cauco are all part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[10]

Weather

Braggio has an average of 97.4 days of rain per year and on average receives 1,645 mm (64.8 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is May during which time Braggio receives an average of 204 mm (8.0 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12 days. The driest month of the year is December with an average of 55 mm (2.2 in) of precipitation over 12 days.[11]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  2. 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 31 August 2015
  3. ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 2 January 2013
  4. ↑ Arvigo in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  5. ↑ Braggio in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  6. ↑ Cauco in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  7. ↑ Selma in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  8. 1 2 Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (German) accessed 15 January 2015
  9. ↑ Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 (German) accessed 29 January 2011
  10. ↑ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the weather station elevation is 1315 meters above sea level.
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