Soazza

Soazza

Soazza ( German outdated Sowaz or Zauatz ) is a municipality in the district of Mesocco in Moesa district in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Sharing in gold ( yellow) on a black horse of Saint Martin, the red cloak with the beggar

St. Martin is the patron of the parish church of San Martino and was pictured already in the church seal.

Geography

Haufendorf Soazza located on the remains of a destroyed by the Moësa glacier bar at the boundary between the upper and lower Misox. The western border is a mountain range that separates the Misox from Calancatal. In the East, the far -area community extends to the border with Italy. This eastern part of the municipality is sparsely populated, with the exception of the hamlet Druna on the left Talgrundseite the Moësa. Of the total municipal area of ​​over 46 square kilometers are nearly 25 square kilometers - just 2490 ha - covered by forest and woodland. Further 1746 hectares are non-productive area (mostly mountains). While there are 333 ha of arable soil, but are including 286 ha of mountain farms. The remaining 68 ha settlement area.

Population

From the end of 2004 374 inhabitants were 327 ( = 87 % ) Swiss nationals.

Attractions

  • Catholic parish church of S. Martino
  • Catholic church of S. Rocco
  • Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows
  • Hospice
  • Palazzo a Marca
  • Former station building of Misoxerbahn

St. Martin in the church wall

Station of Bellinzona Mesocco railway, 1907-1978

Village church of San Rocco, New 1633

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