Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former
administrative district
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Moesa Region
The Moesa Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the Canton of the Grisons (or in German: Graubünden) in Switzerland. It had an area of and a population of (as of ).. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganiz ...
municipalities
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Languages
The official language of Moesa is
Italian
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, traditionally the
Western Lombard dialect
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spoken by the native population.
Mergers and name changes
On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of
Arvigo
Arvigo is a former municipality in the district of Moesa in the south of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, next to Ticino. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of ...
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Braggio
Braggio was a municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Selma and
Cauco
Cauco is a former municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.