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 473.74 square kilometers (182.91 sq mi) and a population of 8,770 (as of 31 December 2020).. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton.

Municipalities in the Moesa Region
MunicipalityPopulation (31 December 2020)Area (km2)
Buseno9111.15
Castaneda2783.96
Rossa15158.89
Santa Maria in Calanca1159.31
Lostallo84050.86
Mesocco1,323164.77
Soazza32446.42
Cama58915
Grono1,39737.12
Roveredo (GR)2,59738.79
San Vittore86422.06
Calanca20137.72

The region borders with the Viamala Region to the north, with Italy to the east (Lombardy: Province of Sondrio and of Como) and with the Canton of Ticino (districts of Bellinzona to the southwest, Riviera and Blenio) to the west.

Politics

Administrative division

Santa Maria in Calanca
Castle of Mesocco
Village of San Bernardino, Mesocco
Roveredo

The Moesa region is divided into 12 municipalities:

EmblemName of the municipalityInhabitants 31 December 2,020Surface in km2
Buseno9111.15
Calanca20137.72
Cama58915.00
Castaneda2783.96
Grono134036.41
Lostallo84050.86
Mesocco1,323164.76
Rossa15158.88
Roveredo2,59738.79
Santa Maria in Calanca1159.31
San Vittore86422.06
Soazza32446.42

Demography

The Moesa region has about 8500 inhabitants, mostly Italian-speaking, and is part of Italian-speaking Graubünden and Italian-speaking Switzerland. It is linked economically to the Canton of Ticino; linguistically, however, a Lombard Alpine dialect is spoken that is heavily influenced by Germanic terms.

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