- Moesa District
-
Moesa
Distretto di Moesa— District — 
Country 
SwitzerlandCanton 
GraubündenCapital Roveredo Area - Total 496.03 km2 (191.5 sq mi) Population (2009) - Total 7,906 - Density 15.9/km2 (41.3/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Municipalities 17 
Moesa scenery
Moesa District (German: Moësa) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 496.11 km2 (191.55 sq mi) and has a population of 7,906 (as of 31 December 2009).[1] The official language is Italian.
It consists of three Kreise (circles) and seventeen municipalities:
Calanca circle Municipality Population
(31 December 2009)[1]Area (km²) Arvigo 95 17.01 Braggio 64 6.88 Buseno 104 11.26 Castaneda 224 3.94 Cauco 36 10.89 Rossa 121 58.93 Santa Maria in Calanca 112 9.32 Selma 38 2.88 Mesocco circle Municipality Population
(31 December 2009)[1]Area (km²) Lostallo 680 50.91 Mesocco 1,230 164.76 Soazza 361 46.37 Roveredo circle Municipality Population
(31 December 2009)[1]Area (km²) Cama 500 15.06 Grono 929 14.83 Leggia 131 9.15 Roveredo 2,393 38.78 San Vittore 731 22.03 Verdabbio 157 13.11 Languages
The official language of Moesa is Italian. Many Italian-speakers in the canton also speak Western Lombard; however, it is not recognized as an official language.
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
- ^ a b c d Swiss Federal Statistical Office, MS Excel document – Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Kantonen, Bezirken und Gemeinden (German) accessed 25 August 2010
Categories:- Districts of the canton of Graubünden
- Graubünden geography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
