Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an official language of Italian, a population of 8,125 in 2015, and an area of , corresponding to the Mesolcina valley along the eponymous Moesa River.
On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Selma and Cauco merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
The Moesa District was replaced with the Moesa Region on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016 accessed 16 February 2017
Municipalities It consisted of three Kreise (circles) and fourteen municipalities:
+ Calanca circle Municipality Population () Area (km2) Buseno 11.26 Calanca Castaneda 3.94 Rossa 58.93 Santa Maria in Calanca 9.32
+ Mesocco circle Municipality Population () Area (km2) Lostallo 50.91 Mesocco 164.76 Soazza 46.37
+ Roveredo circle Municipality Population() Area (km2) Cama 15.06 Grono 14.83 Leggia 9.15 Roveredo 38.78 San Vittore 22.03 Verdabbio 13.11
Languages The official language of Moesa is Italian, traditionally the Western Lombard dialect spoken by the native population.
+ Languages of Moesa District, GR Languages Census 2000 Number Percent German 528 7.1%Romansh 10 0.1%Italian 6,578 88.0%TOTAL 7,471 100%
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