'Bivio' is a
municipality in the district of
Albula of the
Swiss canton of
Graubünden.
Bivio
The village is located on the roads to the
Julier and
Septimer pass. It is the only traditionally Italian language village north of the
continental divide. However, the German-speaking population is now in the majority, with large
Romansh- and Italian-speaking minorities.
Neighboring municipalities are
Marmorera,
Bever (exclave),
Silvaplana,
Sils im Engadin/Segl,
Stampa (exclave
Maloja),
Soglio,
Avers and
Mulegns. The
area is
76.7 km² and the population 220 (
2005).
Languages
Since the
Middle Ages, three languages have been spoken in the municipality: Most inhabitants speak German and Romansch, as well as the official language, Italian. However, German has become more and more common. The local Italian dialect is a sub-dialect of
Lombard (''Bargajot''), but with local variations. The local version of Romansch is somewhere between the two main dialects:
Surmiran und
Putér. Since both the German and Italian spoken breaks up into local dialects, up to seven dialects can be counted. This causes a real dilemma. In 1880, 67.5% spoke some version of Romansch, and in 1910, 67.44% (compared to a minority of 26.36% that spoke Italian). This percentage sank to 43.0% in 1941. Today, Italian is the only official language for municipality busines..
| 'Languages in Bivio' |
| 'Language' | '1980 Census' | '1990 Census' | '2000 Census' | |||
| 'Number' | 'Percentage' | 'Number' | 'Percentage' | 'Number' | 'Percentage' |
| German | 88 | 36.97% | 120 | 53.81% | 113 | 55.39% |
| Romansh | 44 | 18.49% | 20 | 8.97% | 25 | 12.25% |
| Italian | 100 | 42.02% | 76 | 34.08% | 60 | 29.41% |
| 'Population' | 238 | 100% | 223 | 100% | 204 | 100% |
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