Vicosoprano
settlement in the Swiss municipality of Bregaglia
Vicosoprano is a former municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and is the largest village in the Val Bregaglia. It's now part of the municipality of Bregaglia.
History
Vicosoprano is first mentioned in 1096 as Vicus Supranus.
Geography
Vicosoprano has an area, as of 2006, of 54 km2 (21 sq mi). Of this area, 8.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (64.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers, or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Bergell sub-district of the Maloja district. It is the largest municipality of the Bergell sub-district. It consists of the village of Vicosoprano (elev. 1,067 m (3,501 ft)) and the hamlets of Roticcio and Pongello.
“Vicosoprano” enters the record as settlement in the Swiss municipality of Bregaglia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vicosoprano, settlement and Swiss can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q660433. VIAF identifies the subject as 160185526. Authority coordinates are 46.353, 9.622. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1096 and 2006.
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