Stampa is first mentioned after 1354 as Stamppa and was named so in honor of the Stampa family, overlords of the area.
Geography
Stampa has an area,, of. Of this area, 14.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The municipality is located in the Bergell sub-district of the Maloja district and is the administrative and cultural center of the sub-district. The municipality is divided into two distinct territories, the smaller in the Val Bregaglia and the larger which extends from the two sides of the Maloja Pass and Engadin. It consists of the valley settlements of Stampa, Borgonovo, Coltura, Montaccio, Caccior, Cavril and Canova at the foot of the Maloja Pass and the sections of Maloja with Isola, Orden, Pila and Capolago. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Bondo, Castasegna, Soglio, Stampa, and Vicosopranomerged into a new municipality of Bregaglia. Lägh da Cavloc is located in the Val Forno.
Demographics
Stampa has a population of 595, of which 14.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.6%. , the gender distribution of the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The age distribution,, in Stampa is; 65 children or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 40 teenagers or 7.5% are 10 to 14, and 21 teenagers or 4.0% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 41 people or 7.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 70 people or 13.2% are 30 to 39, 84 people or 15.8% are 40 to 49, and 71 people or 13.4% are 50 to 59. The senior population distribution is 69 people or 13.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 44 people or 8.3% are 70 to 79, there are 23 people or 4.3% who are 80 to 89, and there are 3 people or 0.6% who are 90 to 99. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 57.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the FDP and the CVP. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Stampa about 65% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Stampa has an unemployment rate of 1.71%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 64 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 11 businesses in this sector. 191 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 42 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:
year
population
1850
328
1900
445
1950
414
2000
531
Languages
Most of the population speaks Italian, with German being second most common and Romansh being third. However, because a portion of the municipality lies in the Engadin valley and a part lies in the Val Bregaglia, there are also German and Romansh minorities.
Famous people
One family of famous artists, the Giacometti, come from Stampa. The most famous members of the family are:
