Santa Maria in Calanca in the context of "Italian Grisons"

⭐ In the context of Italian Grisons, the village of Bivio demonstrates a linguistic shift where, over the past few decades, it has moved from having a plurality of Italian speakers to becoming predominantly…

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⭐ Core Definition: Santa Maria in Calanca

Santa Maria in Calanca is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

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👉 Santa Maria in Calanca in the context of Italian Grisons

Italian Grisons or Italian Grigioni (Italian: Grigionitaliano or Grigioni italiano; German: Italienischbünden; Romansh: Grischun talian; French: Grisons italiens) or sometimes also called Lombard Grisons (Lombard: Grison lombard, lumbard; Romansh: Grischun lumbard), is the region of the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland, in which Italian is the dominant language.

Located in the southernmost part of the canton, it comprises (from west to east) of the region of Moesa, the municipality of Bregaglia in the Region of Maloja and the region of Bernina. It has a population of about 15,000, of which more than 85% speak standard Italian or Lombard. The village and former municipality in Bivio in the district of Albula, located to the north of Bregaglia, once had an Italian-speaking plurality as well. Between 1980 and 1990, however, it was overtaken by German, which is now the majority language of the village.

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