Moesa District
| Moesa Distretto di Moesa |
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| Country |  Switzerland |
| Canton |  Graubünden |
| Capital | Roveredo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 496.03 km2 (191.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 8,338 |
| • 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 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 8,338 (as of 31 December 2014).[1] The official language is Italian.
It consists of three Kreise (circles) and seventeen municipalities:
| Calanca circle | ||||
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| Municipality | Population (31 December 2014)[1] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Buseno | 90 | 11.26 | ||
| Calanca | 206 | 37.73 | ||
| Castaneda | 265 | 3.94 | ||
| Rossa | 139 | 58.93 | ||
| Santa Maria in Calanca | 110 | 9.32 | ||
| Mesocco circle | ||||
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| Municipality | Population (31 December 2014)[1] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Lostallo | 762 | 50.91 | ||
| Mesocco | 1,308 | 164.76 | ||
| Soazza | 353 | 46.37 | ||
| Roveredo circle | ||||
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| Municipality | Population (31 December 2014)[1] |
Area (km²) | ||
| Cama | 573 | 15.06 | ||
| Grono | 1,016 | 14.83 | ||
| Leggia | 137 | 9.15 | ||
| Roveredo | 2,478 | 38.78 | ||
| San Vittore | 754 | 22.03 | ||
| Verdabbio | 166 | 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.[2]
References
- ↑ 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 31 August 2015
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 2 January 2013
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