Cauco
Cauco | ||
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State : | Switzerland | |
Canton : | Graubünden (GR) | |
Region : | Moesa | |
Political community : | Calanca | |
Postal code : | 6546 | |
former BFS no. : | 3806 | |
Coordinates : | 729 500 / 132 905 | |
Height : | 992 m above sea level M. | |
Area : | 10.89 km² | |
Residents: | 36 (December 31, 2014) | |
Population density : | 3 inhabitants per km² | |
Website: | www.comunedicalanca.ch | |
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Cauco 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 .
Until December 31, 2014, Cauco was a separate political municipality . On January 1, 2015, it merged with the municipalities of Arvigo , Braggio and Selma to form the new municipality of Calanca .
geography
The former municipality lies on a cone of rubble from a landslide in 1513 on the left bank of the Calancasca river and, in addition to the actual village, also consists of the districts Bodio GR , Lasciallo and Masciadone . Of the entire former municipal area of 1089 hectares, 539 hectares are forest and wood, 437 hectares of unproductive area (mostly mountains), 96 hectares of agricultural land (mostly alpine farms) and 17 hectares of settlement area.
Cauco borders on Lostallo , Rossa , Santa Maria in Calanca , Soazza , Verdabbio and the canton of Ticino.
history
The village was first mentioned in 1497 under the then name Cauco . Cauco shared the political history of the Squadra di Calanca until 1851 and then became an independent political municipality until 2015.
coat of arms
Blazon : Divided by gold (yellow) and red, in gold a red Antonius cross (tau cross), below in red a golden fish
Saint Anthony is the patron saint of the local parish church, the fish stands for the lake that once stretched above Cauco.
population
Population development | ||||||||
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year | 1683 | 1803 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2004 | 2014 |
Residents | 400 | 149 | 120 | 92 | 30th | 37 | 38 | 36 |
Of the 38 residents at the end of 2004, 37 (= 97.37%) were Swiss citizens. In 2014, 53.8% of the population spoke German as their main language and 46.2% Italian.
Attractions
- The Catholic Parish Church of S. Antonio Abate
- The ossuary
- Prayer chapel Madonna di Loreto in the district of Bodio
- The oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova in the Lasciallo district
- The Sant'Anna oratory in the Masciadone district .
Culture
- Regional Archives Calanca
Personalities
- Vittore Veneziani (born May 25, 1878 in Ferrara , † January 14, 1958), an Italian choir director and composer lived in Cauco.
literature
- Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 519.
- 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 : Cauco. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Brusino - Caux. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 520 ( digitized version ).
- Cesare Santi: Cauco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th May 2017 .
- Various authors: Cauco. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Calanca
- Federal inventory: Cauco, Bodio (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- Catalogo ASTI, Cauco at www3.ti.ch/DECS/dcsu/ac/asti/cff/ (accessed on March 5, 2018). Cauco: ASTi, catalogo dei fondi fotografici
- Cauco on elexikon.ch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cesare Santi: Cauco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th May 2017 .
- ↑ [1]
- ^ Catholic parish church of S. Antonio Abate
- ↑ Ossuary
- ^ A b Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Bellinzona 2007, p. 520.
- ^ Chapel of S. Antonio di Padova
- ^ Archivio regional Calanca
- ↑ Vittore Veneziani (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on: September 5, 2016.)
- ↑ Vittore Veneziani on ricercamusica.ch (accessed on: September 5, 2016.)