Lostallo

Lostallo is first mentioned in 1219. Lostallo has an area, as of 2006, of 50.9 km (19.7 sq mi). Of this area, 6.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 59% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (32.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Mesocco sub-district of the Moesa district on the right bank of the Moesa river. It consists of the village of Lostallo and the hamlets of Cabbiolo to the north and Sorte to the south. Lostallo has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 840. As of 2008, 11.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5%.