Moesa District
| 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 | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 14 |
Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 47,374 km2 (18,291 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]
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 2015)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Buseno | 92 | 11.26 | ||
| Calanca | 187 | 37.73 | ||
| Castaneda | 266 | 3.94 | ||
| Rossa | 147 | 58.93 | ||
| Santa Maria in Calanca | 102 | 9.32 | ||
| Mesocco circle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2015)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Lostallo | 767 | 50.91 | ||
| Mesocco | 1,349 | 164.76 | ||
| Soazza | 347 | 46.37 | ||
| Roveredo circle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Population (31 December 2015)[2] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Cama | 571 | 15.06 | ||
| Grono | 1,321 | 14.83 | ||
| Leggia | 138 | 9.15 | ||
| Roveredo | 2,511 | 38.78 | ||
| San Vittore | 766 | 22.03 | ||
| Verdabbio | 163 | 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% | ||||
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
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
- 1 2 3 Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2016
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
| Districts of Graubünden | |
|---|---|
Coordinates: 46°14′N 9°07′E / 46.233°N 9.117°E