Santa Maria in Calanca is a

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in the

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in the

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canton of Graubünden.

History

Santa Maria in Calanca is first mentioned in 1219 as ''sancte Marie in Calanca''.

Geography

Santa Maria in Calanca has an area, , of . Of this area, 5.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 73.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (19.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Calanca sub-district of the Moesa district, after 2017 it was part of the Moesa Region.

Demographics

Santa Maria in Calanca has a population (as of ) of . , 4.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.3%. Most of the population () speaks Italian (86.5%), with German being second most common ( 9.9%) and French being third ( 2.7%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-Oct-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009 The age distribution, , in Santa Maria in Calanca is; 4 children or 3.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 2 teenagers or 1.8% are 10 to 14, and 6 teenagers or 5.4% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 7 people or 6.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 14 people or 12.6% are 30 to 39, 21 people or 18.9% are 40 to 49, and 18 people or 16.2% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 14 people or 12.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 15 people or 13.5% are 70 to 79, there are 9 people or 8.1% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 to 99.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 46.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (25.5%), the CVP (16.7%) and the FDP (11.5%). In Santa Maria in Calanca about 64.6% 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 ...

''). Santa Maria in Calanca has an unemployment rate of 0.15%. , there were 14 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 3 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. 4 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 4 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Heritage sites of national significance

The ''Castello'' and the ''Church of S. Maria Assunta'' are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 22-Oct-2009 The Castello or Torre di Sta. Maria is a large pentagonal

tower house A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, to command and defend strategic points ...

with a two story

vaulted In architecture, a vault (French ''voûte'', from Italian ''volta'') is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while ring ...

ceiling. The actual construction date is unknown but it is first mentioned in 1253. The Church of Santa Maria Assunta was first mentioned in 1291. The

baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

coffer A coffer (or coffering) in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault. A series of these sunken panels was often used as decoration for a ceiling or a vault, al ...

ed ceiling from the 17th Century is particularly noteworthy. File:Burg Calanca.jpg, The Castello and Church of S. Maria Assunta File:GR SantaMaria01.jpg, Coffered ceiling in the church File:GR SantaMaria02.jpg, Side altars in the church File:GR SantaMaria03.jpg, Main altar of the church

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:S Maria in Calanca Municipalities of Graubünden Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden