Moesa District Explained

Official Name:Moesa
Native Name:Distretto di Moesa
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Subdivision Name3:Roveredo
Area Total Km2:473.74
Population As Of:December 2015
Population Total:8125
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipalities
Blank Info Sec1:14

Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an official language of Italian, a population of 8,125 in 2015, and an area of 473.74km2, corresponding to the Mesolcina valley along the eponymous Moesa River.

On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Selma and Cauco merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.[1]

The Moesa District was replaced with the Moesa Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.[2]

Municipalities

It consisted of three Kreise (circles) and fourteen municipalities:

Calanca circle
MunicipalityPopulation Area (km2)
11.26
Calanca
3.94
58.93
9.32
Mesocco circle
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km2)
50.91
Mesocco 164.76
46.37
Roveredo circle
MunicipalityPopulation
Area (km2)
15.06
14.83
9.15
Roveredo 38.78
22.03
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
align=right 528 align=right 7.1%
align=right 10 align=right 0.1%
align=right 6,578 align=right 88.0%
TOTAL align=right 7,471 align=right 100%

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
  2. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016