Verdabbio

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Verdabbio
Verdabbio coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Moesa
Political community : Gronoi2
Postal code : 6538
former BFS no. : 3836
Coordinates : 732 487  /  125559 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '6 "  N , 9 ° 9' 26"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-seven  /  125559
Height : 604  m above sea level M.
Area : 13.13  km²
Residents: 163 (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 12 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.grono.ch
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Verdabbio (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017
Verdabbio

Until December 31, 2016, Verdabbio was a municipality in the Moesa region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

geography

The community is located on a terrace between the Ria di Val di Cama and the Piz Duna on the right side of the Misox around 300 meters above the valley floor. The hamlet of Valdort (509 m above sea level) lies to the east below the village. Another district is Piano di Verdabbio (370 m above sea level), which is one and a half kilometers northeast of the village in the valley floor west of the Moësa . A large part of the Val di Cama , a left side valley of the Misox , also belongs to the municipality . The eastern border of Verdabbio is also the national border with Italy .

Of the entire municipal area of ​​1,311 ha, 814 ha (= 62.1%) are forested and 418 ha (= 31.9%) are mountain. Just 64 hectares are agriculturally usable and fifteen hectares are settlement areas.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1203 under the then name Vertabio . The village belonged to the 2nd Squadra of the Court of Roveredo GR , which together with Misox and Calanca formed a high court of the Upper Confederation . In Bellinzona in 1524 it buys away from every tithe obligation to Franz von Sacco-Norantola, as well as from the tithe rights of Giacomo de Sacco in Roveredo in 1561. Since 1851 the parish has been part of the Roveredo County.

coat of arms

Blazon : In red a fallen golden (yellow) tip, covered with a blue grape

The overturned point in the colors of the Barons von Sax stands for the first letter of the community name, while the grape refers to viticulture.

Community merger

On January 1, 2017 , Verdabbio merged with the municipality of Leggia to form the new municipality of Grono .

population

Population development
year 1802 1850 1900 1950 2000 2004 2015
Residents 145 198 185 177 164 163 163

The population speaks an Italian dialect. In the 19th century, numerous residents emigrated to California, Australia and Belgium. Of the 163 residents at the end of 2004, 145 (= 88.96%) were Swiss citizens.

traffic

The community is connected to the public transport network by the Grono-Verdabbio post bus line .

Attractions

Verdabbio village
Prayer Chapel of Santa Madonna Addolorata

The three churches of the parish are the most interesting buildings in the area:

  • the parish church of San Pietro, which was built in 1631 in baroque style and rests on an older foundation
  • the prayer chapel of Santa Madonna Addolorata from the same century
  • the church of Santa Maria Immacolata in the district of Valdort

Also worth seeing are:

  • a farmhouse
  • a shell stone called Asccitt (cut) in the district of Al Pian dèla Conca (695 m above sea level)
  • a cup stone called El sass de Natal

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cesare Santi: Verdabbio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 22nd June 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Bellinzona 2007, p. 504.
  3. ^ Catholic parish church of San Pietro
  4. ↑ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, pp. 228-229.
  5. ^ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 19.