Lostallo is a

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in the Moesa Region in the

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canton of Graubünden.

History

Lostallo is first mentioned in 1219.

Geography

Lostallo has an area, , of . Of this area, 6.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 59% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (32.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Mesocco sub-district of the Moesa district on the right bank of the Moesa river. It consists of the village of Lostallo and the

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of Cabbiolo to the north and Sorte to the south.

Demographics

Lostallo has a population (as of ) of . , 11.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5%. Most of the population () speaks Italian (81.4%), with German being second most common (13.4%) and Portuguese being third ( 2.0%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Lostallo is; 80 children or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 32 teenagers or 4.9% are 10 to 14, and 26 teenagers or 4.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 89 people or 13.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 115 people or 17.5% are 30 to 39, 91 people or 13.9% are 40 to 49, and 90 people or 13.7% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 71 people or 10.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 45 people or 6.9% are 70 to 79, there are 15 people or 2.3% who are 80 to 89, and there are 2 people or 0.3% who are 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 35.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.2%), the SVP (23.8%) and the CVP (14.3%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lostallo about 70.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Lostallo has an unemployment rate of 2.25%. , there were 49 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 50 people are employed in the

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and there are 18 businesses in this sector. 45 people are employed in the

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, with 15 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Municipalities of Graubünden