Cama GR

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Cama
Coat of arms of Cama
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Moesa
BFS no. : 3831i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6557
Coordinates : 733 462  /  125758 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '12 "  N , 9 ° 10' 12"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred sixty-two  /  125758
Height : 366  m above sea level M.
Height range : 333-2590 m above sea level M.
Area : 14.99  km²
Residents: 560 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 37 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.cama-gr.ch
Cama (in the foreground) with the neighboring municipality of Verdabbio

Cama (in the foreground) with the neighboring municipality of Verdabbio
Location of the municipality
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Cama is a municipality in the former Roveredo district in the Moesa district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

geography

The community is located in southern Misox on both sides of the Moësa and consists of the two districts of Al Punt and Norantola . Of the total municipal area of ​​1,506 ha, 905 ha are forest and wood, 498 ha unproductive area (mostly mountains), 63 ha agricultural land and 40 ha settlement area.

Val Cama lake

The Val Cama with its beautiful mountain lake Lago di Cama belongs to the municipality of Cama. The valley can only be reached on foot. Marked mountain paths lead from here over the Lago di Sambroc and the Bocchetta de Cressim into the Val d'Arbola ( Lostallo ), over the Bocchetta del Notar into the Italian Val Bodengo and over the Alpe Vazzola into the Val Leggia .

There are two private huts with a restaurant by the lake, which are open during the summer season. The Alps on Lago di Cama have recently been hit with cattle again. Until the middle of the 20th century, the crossings between Val Cama and Italy were often used by Italian smugglers. North of the Norantola fraction are the ruins of Norantola Castle .

Cama borders on Grono , Lostallo and Italy.

history

In the high court of Misox the village belonged to the middle squadra, ecclesiastically to the vicariate of Roveredo. The parish church of San Maurizio (mentioned in 1219) separated from the mother church of San Vittore in 1611 and was enlarged from 1656 to 1662 (barrel vault in the nave from 1860).

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold (yellow) a red Mauritius (shamrock) cross , above two six-pointed red stars . Saint Mauritius is the patron saint of the local parish church, the stars are used to distinguish it from similar coats of arms. Colors of the barons of Sax .

population

Population development
year 1826 1860 1888 1900 1950 1970 1990 2000 2004 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017
Residents 171 272 221 250 254 336 374 474 459 462 535 573 572 564

The number of residents increased sharply between 1826 and 1860, then stagnated for a decade and decreased due to emigration until 1888. In the second half of the 20th century, the population rose sharply and reached a peak in 2000. Since then the number of inhabitants has decreased slightly.

languages

The municipality is one of the Italian-speaking municipalities in the canton of Graubünden.

Languages ​​in Cama
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 10 2.83% 18th 4.81% 24 5.06%
Italian 328 92.92% 347 92.78% 418 88.19%
Residents 353 100% 374 100% 474 100%

In 1990 five people named Portuguese and three people French as their main language; In 2000, eleven people each stated Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian and four people said French as their main language.

Religions - denominations

View of Cama from the north

Originally the entire population was Roman Catholic. This has changed as a result of leaving the church and immigration from other regions. However, even now the vast majority is still Catholic. In 2000 there were 86.50% Roman Catholic, 3% Evangelical Reformed and 1% each Christian Catholic and Orthodox Christians. There are also 3% non-denominational and 1.27% Muslim. 4% of the population gave no information about their creed.

Origin - nationality

Of the 459 residents at the end of 2004, 388 (= 84%) are Swiss citizens. At the last census, 82% were Swiss nationals. 15 of them were dual citizens. The largest groups of immigrants come from Italy and Portugal.

Attractions

  • The Catholic Parish Church of San Maurizio
  • I Grotti: The Cama grottos are historic wine cellars west of the village along the "Cammino del Gusto" educational trail. The around 50 small, one to two-story stone buildings form a settlement in the chestnut grove and are several centuries old. They were used to store wine, cheese, sausages and milk. Today you can try local specialties there.
Norantola Castle ruins

Personalities

  • Martin Christen (born August 14, 1947 in Hergiswil ), Kapellmeister. Founder of the Harmonie von Stansstad . Lives in Cama.

literature

  • Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 502-503.
  • Balser Puorger : Cama In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Brusino – Caux , Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 478 ( digitized version ), (accessed on July 15, 2017).
  • 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 .
  • Cesare Santi: Cama. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 24, 2005 .
  • Various authors: Cama. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.

Web links

Commons : Cama  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Cesare Santi: Cama. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 24, 2005 .
  3. ↑ Catholic parish church of San Maurizio
  4. ↑ I Grotti on graubuendenkultur.ch
  5. ↑ Martin Christen (Italian) on ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/ (accessed on: November 7, 2017.)