The Moesa Region is one of the eleven

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in the

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of the

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(or in German: Graubünden) in

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. It had an area of and a population of (as of ).. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton. The region borders with the

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to the north, with

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to the east (

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and of Como) and with the

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(districts of

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to the southwest,

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and

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) to the west.

Politics

Administrative division

The Moesa region is divided into 12 municipalities:

Demography

The Moesa region has about 8500 inhabitants, mostly Italian-speaking, and is part of Italian-speaking Graubünden and

Italian-speaking Switzerland The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the federal administration of the Swiss Confederation, ...

. It is linked economically to the

; linguistically, however, a Lombard Alpine dialect is spoken that is heavily influenced by Germanic terms.

References

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