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Moesa district

Moesa
Distretto di Moesa
District
Location of Moesa
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Graubünden
Capital Roveredo
Area
 • Total 473.74 km2 (182.91 sq mi)
Population (December 2015)
 • Total 8,125
 • Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 14

Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of 47,374 km2 (18,291 sq mi) corresponding to the Val Mesolcina, the valley of the eponymous Moesa River. It was replaced with the Moesa Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.

It had a population of 8,125 in 2015. The official language is Italian.

It consisted of three Kreise (circles) and fourteen municipalities:

The official language of Moesa is Italian, traditionally the Western Lombard dialect spoken by the native population.

On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Selma and Cauco merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.

Coordinates: 46°14′N 9°07′E / 46.233°N 9.117°E / 46.233; 9.117



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