Moesa district

Moesa district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Main town :	Roveredo
Area :	496.03 km²
Residents:	8426 (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Moesa ( Italian Distretto di Moesa , Rhaeto-Romanic District da la Moesa ) was an administrative unit of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland until December 31, 2015 . It is located on the southern side of the Alps in Italian Switzerland and consisted of the three districts of Calanca , Misox and Roveredo . The districts of Misox and Roveredo essentially comprise the Misox , the district of Calanca the Calanca valley . On January 1, 2016, it was replaced by the Moesa region .

The following districts and communities belonged to it:

Calanca district
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²
	Buseno	87	11.15
	Calanca	199	37.72
	Castaneda	275	3.96
	Rossa	148	58.88
	Santa Maria in Calanca	109	9.31

Misox County
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²
	Lostallo	792	50.86
	Mesocco	1347	164.76
	Soazza	319	46.42

Roveredo district
coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²
	Cama	560	15.00
	Grono	1378	14.81
	Leggia	138	9.18
	Roveredo	2520	38.79
	San Vittore	832	22.06
	Verdabbio	163	13.13

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1942

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  Municipalities until 1979

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  Municipalities until 1981

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  Municipalities until 2014

• 1943: Name change from Busen → Buseno
• 1980: Merger of Arvigo and Landarenca → Arvigo
• 1982: Fusion of Augio , Rossa and Santa Domenica → Rossa
• 2015: Fusion of Arvigo , Braggio , Cauco and Selma → Calanca

Web links

Commons : Moesa district  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jürg Simonett: Moesa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .