Verdabbio
title: "Verdabbio" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["grono", "former-municipalities-of-the-grisons"] topic_path: "general/grono" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdabbio" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Verdabbio |
| image_photo | Cama Verdabbio.JPG |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Verdabbio wappen.svg |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Verdabbio.gif |
| canton | Graubünden |
| iso-code-region | CH-GR |
| district | Moesa |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 6538 |
| municipality_code | 3836 |
| area | 13.11 |
| elevation | 604 |
| population | 163 |
| website | www.grono.ch |
| mayor | Antonio Spadini |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Cama, Castaneda, Cauco, Gordona (IT-SO), Grono, Leggia, Lostallo, Santa Maria in Calanca |
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| subject_name = Verdabbio | image_photo = Cama Verdabbio.JPG | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Verdabbio wappen.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Verdabbio.gif | languages = | canton = Graubünden | iso-code-region = CH-GR | district = Moesa |coordinates = | postal_code = 6538 | municipality_code = 3836 | area = 13.11 | elevation = 604|elevation_description= | population = 163 | populationof = Dec 2015 | popofyear = 2015 | website = www.grono.ch | mayor = Antonio Spadini|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Cama, Castaneda, Cauco, Gordona (IT-SO), Grono, Leggia, Lostallo, Santa Maria in Calanca | twintowns = |}} Verdabbio is a former municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Leggia and Verdabbio merged into the municipality of Grono.
History
Verdabbio is first mentioned in 1203 as Vertabio.
Geography
Verdabbio had an area, , of 13.1 km2. Of this area, 4.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 62.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (31.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The former municipality is located in the Roveredo sub-district of the Moesa district.
Demographics
Verdabbio had a population (as of 2015) of 163. , 11.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.
, the gender distribution of the population was 47.2% male and 52.8% female. The age distribution, , in Verdabbio is; 18 children or 11.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 8 teenagers or 4.9% are 10 to 14, and 10 teenagers or 6.1% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 13 people or 7.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 35 people or 21.3% are 30 to 39, 17 people or 10.4% are 40 to 49, and 33 people or 20.1% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 11 people or 6.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 11 people or 6.7% are 70 to 79, there are 7 people or 4.3% who are 80 to 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 to 99.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 47% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (24.4%), the SVP (18.5%) and the FDP (10.1%).
In Verdabbio about 59.8% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Verdabbio has an unemployment rate of 2.68%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 2 businesses in this sector. 11 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 198 |
| 1900 | 185 |
| 1950 | 177 |
| 1960 | 154 |
| 1970 | 159 |
| 1980 | 156 |
| 1990 | 143 |
| 2000 | 164 |
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References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang. de accessed 27 April 2016
- Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.9%. Most of the population ({{as of. 2000
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/default.aspx Graubunden in Numbers] {{webarchive. link. (September 24, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- [http://www.gr.ch/DE/institutionen/verwaltung/dvs/awt/dienstleistungen/volkswirtschaftlichegrundlagen/Seiten/Bevoelkerung.aspx Graubunden Population Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (August 27, 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 21 September 2009
- {{HDS. 1564. Verdabbio
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