Braggio was a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of

Moesa The Moesa is a river, a tributary of the Ticino, which flows through the Swiss cantons of Grisons and Ticino. It rises in Val Vignun near the San Bernardino Pass and descends, along with the A13 motorway, through the Val Mesolcina towards R ...

in the

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canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio,

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.

and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

Braggio is first mentioned in 1419 as ''Bragio''. It was part of the old municipality of Calanca until 1851 when it became an independent municipality.

Geography

Before the merger, Braggio had a total area of . Of this area, 9.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 67.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (22.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The former municipality is located in the Calanca sub-district of the Moesa district on the left side of the Val Calanca. It is on a high meadow at an elevation of and can only be reached via a cable car (since 1961) or a narrow

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Demographics

Braggio had a population (as of 2013) of 51.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 19 January 2015 , 6.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -17.6%. Most of the population () speaks Italian (77.4%), with German being second most common (17.7%) and French being third ( 4.8%). , the gender distribution of the population was 46.4% male and 53.6% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Braggio is; 8 children or 12.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 7 teenagers or 11.3% are 10 to 14, and 1 teenager is 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 1 person is between 20 and 29 years old. 5 people or 8.1% of the population are 30 to 39, 16 people or 25.8% are 40 to 49, and 8 people or 12.9% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 6 people or 9.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 5 people or 8.1% are 70 to 79, there are 5 people or 8.1% who are 80 to 89.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 47.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (43.9%), the SVP (8.8%) and the FDP (0%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Braggio about 56.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). Braggio has an unemployment rate of 1.23%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 2 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 1 business in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Weather

Braggio has an average of 97.4 days of rain per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is May during which time Braggio receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12 days. The driest month of the year is December with an average of of precipitation over 12 days., the weather station elevation is 1315 meters above sea level.

References

External links

Official Web site
* {{Authority control Calanca Former municipalities of Graubünden