Moesa Region


The Moesa Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the Canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. It had an area of and a population of .. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.
MunicipalityPopulation
Area
Buseno
Castaneda
Rossa
Santa Maria in Calanca
Lostallo
Mesocco
Soazza
Cama
Grono
Roveredo
San Vittore
Calanca

The region borders with the Viamala Region to the north, with Italy to the east and with the Canton of Ticino to the west.

Politics

Administrative division

The Moesa region is divided into 12 municipalities:
EmblemName of the municipalityInhabitants
Surface
in km2
Buseno11.15
Calanca37.72
Cama15.00
Castaneda3.96
Grono134036.41
Lostallo50.86
Mesocco164.76
Rossa58.88
Roveredo38.79
Santa Maria in Calanca9.31
San Vittore22.06
Soazza46.42

Demography

The Moesa region has about 8500 inhabitants, mostly Italian-speaking, and is part of Italian-speaking Graubünden and Italian-speaking Switzerland. It is linked economically to the Canton of Ticino; linguistically, however, a Lombard Alpine dialect is spoken that is heavily influenced by Germanic terms.