Arvigo
Arvigo | ||
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State : | Switzerland | |
Canton : | Graubünden (GR) | |
Region : | Moesa | |
Political community : | Calanca | |
Postal code : | 6543 | |
former BFS no. : | 3801 | |
Coordinates : | 728 921 / 128995 | |
Height : | 876 m above sea level M. | |
Area : | 17.01 km² | |
Residents: | 72 (December 31, 2014) | |
Population density : | 4 inhabitants per km² | |
Website: | www.comunedicalanca.ch | |
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Arvigo is a village in the municipality of Calanca , which is located in the former Calanca district in the Moesa district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .
geography
Arvigo is located in the lower part of the Calanca on a talus, to the stream RIA d'Arvigo has piled up. Of the entire municipal area of 1701 hectares, 909 hectares are covered by forest and wood, 563 hectares of unproductive area (mostly mountains), 203 hectares of agricultural land (almost 90% of which are Alpine pastures) and only 26 hectares of residential areas.
Arvigo borders the Canton of Ticino in the west.
history
The village is first mentioned in 1453 under the then name Arvicho . Since the 12th century the village has been under the rule of the Barons von Sax . In 1480 they sold their rights to Gian Giacomo Trivulzio of Milan . When he got into a dispute with Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan in 1496 , it entered the Gray League and Arvigo received the status of half a Degagna.
Community merger
Until December 31, 2014, Arvigo was a separate political municipality . On January 1, 2015, it merged with the municipalities of Braggio , Cauco and Selma to form the new municipality of Calanca . In 1980 the previously independent municipality Landarenca was attached to it.
coat of arms
Blazon : In gold (yellow) a red Laurentius rust, raised by two six-pointed red stars
Saint Laurentius is the patron saint of the parish church of Arvigo, the stars serve to differentiate it from other coats of arms with the symbol of saint.
population
Population development | |||||||||
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year | 1691 | 1733 | 1850 | 1900 | 1902 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2014 |
Residents | 400 | 352 | 110 | 226 | 118 | 152 | 92 | 97 | 72 |
Of the 97 residents (at the end of 2010), 63 are Swiss nationals and 34 are immigrants. The reduction is sometimes due to the emigration of young citizens who see their professional future in another region.
economy
In addition to tourism, this is determined by the mining and processing of natural stone, the so-called calanca gneiss . This is extracted below the former community in a large quarry.
politics
Arvigo, as the main town in the Calanca Valley, is also the seat of the district court. Rodolfo Keller was the mayor until 2014 (as of 2009).
Attractions
The Catholic parish church of S. Lorenzo
photos
Personalities
- Stefano a Silva (born March 4, 1798 in Bobbio Pellice , † 1863 in Arvigo), son of Giovanni Battista from Bobbio and Marianna Gatti, both from a noble family. 1821 pastor, later teacher at the seminary in Bobbio Pellice. He was involved in the Carbonari riots in Piedmont and fled to Switzerland in 1821 . From 1821 to 1823 he is attested as a schoolmaster in Olivone , where he took care of the reorganization of the old documents of the civil parish. He later moved to Graubünden , lived in Cauco from 1823 to 1837 and was pastor in Arvigo from 1835 to 1863.
- Giovanni Testa (born July 31, 1903 in Bergün / Bravuogn , † October 18, 1996 in St. Moritz ), ski instructor, racer, diploma at the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz, Grisons Grand Councilor
literature
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 518.
- Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VI: The Italian Graubünden valleys of Puschlav, Misox and Calanca. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 17). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1945, ISBN 978-3-906131-55-9 .
- Balser Puorger : Calanca. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Brusino - Caux. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 473 ( digitized version ).
- Cesare Santi: Arvigo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2nd December 2016 .
- Cesare Santi: Landarenca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 14, 2016 .
- Various authors: Arvigo. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.
Web links
- Comune di Calanca Official website of the municipality (Italian language)
- Official website of the former municipality of Arvigo
- Federal inventory ISOS: Arvigo, Landarenca (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- Arvigio on elexikon.ch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arvigo. In: Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, first volume, Aa - Emmengruppe, Gebrüder Attinger, Neuchâtel 1902
- ↑ Cesare Santi: Arvigo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2nd December 2016 .
- ↑ Catholic parish church of S. Lorenzo
- ^ Carlo Agliati: Silva, Stefano a. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 25, 2011 .
- ^ Adolf Collenberg: Giovanni Testa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 25, 2008 , accessed April 6, 2020 .