Italian Grisons

[1] 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.

The three regions that make up the Italian Grisons are separated by mountains, isolated from the rest of the canton as well as from each other, and from Italy.

Because of their remoteness and the lack of economic possibilities, emigration has traditionally been a serious issue, and even today more than half of the people born in the Italian Grisons live and work outside of the region in the predominantly Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.

[2] Moesa and Bernina are predominantly Roman Catholic, while Bregaglia is chiefly Protestant.

The dominance of the Italian language in the canton has diminished in recent years, especially to the east in the two regions furthest from Ticino.