Agno TI

TI is the abbreviation for the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Agno .

Agno
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano district
Circle :	Agno district
BFS no. :	5141
Postal code :	6982
Coordinates :	713 215  /  95103 coordinates: 45 ° 59 '53 "  N , 8 ° 54' 0"  O ; CH1903:  713215  /  95103
Height :	280  m above sea level M.
Height range :	270–503 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.49  km²
Residents:	4445 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1785 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.agno.ch
Agno and Lake Lugano in the background, Bioggio in front
Location of the municipality

Lugano-Agno airport

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1963

Collegiate Church of Santi Giovanni Battista and Provino

Romanesque sarcophagus

Gulf of Agno

Vedeggio

Agno (German outdated Eng ; in local dialect : [ aɲ ]) is a political municipality and capital of the Agno district, the Lugano district in the Malcantone region in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village on Lake Lugano is the most important town in the Malcantone and comprises the districts of Cassina, Mondonico and Serocca. Neighboring municipalities are Magliaso , Bioggio , Neggio , Vernate , Collina d'Oro and Muzzano .

history

735 becomes a cl. Basilice Sci. Iohannis Aniasce 'clergyman of the Church of St. John of Agno mentioned, 874 a Gundoaldus notarius de vico Amni . The place name is traced back to vulgar Latin amnius , a derivative of Latin amnis for watercourse, river, and probably refers to the Vedeggio , which flows into Lake Lugano at Agno.

The parish dates back to the 6th or 7th century and no doubt existed in the 9th century. A tradition, which still existed at the parish visit of 1684, claims that the canon monastery was founded and endowed by Emperor Otto II (HRR) (973-983) on his way to Italy.

The first document that mentions the chapter is from 1192. The first provost whose name is known was Guglielmo da Marchirolo (1288-1301). In 1591 the parish still included Magliaso, Neggio, Bioggio and Pura .

population

Population development
year	1518	1801	1850	1900	1902	1950	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2018
Residents	158 households	575	911	723	1204	909	3121	3655	3981	4050	4174	4445

traffic

Agno is located on the road from Ponte Tresa to Lugano and is accessed by the narrow-gauge Lugano-Ponte-Tresa-Bahn . The international airport Lugano-Agno is located in the municipality. Because of its beautiful location on the lake, the municipality has several camping sites.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Agno

• Collegiate Church of Santi Giovanni Battista and Provino
• Museo plebano
• Natale Vicari meeting house
• Palazzo Quadri
• Casa Fossati

Events

• Agno Open Air Festival

Ventures

• The Mikron company

Sports

• Football Club Agno

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities from Agno TI

literature

• Virgilio Chiesa : Agno. In: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero, Lugano 1961.
• Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Agno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 30, 2009 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
• Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 400–401.
• Giovanni Maria Staffieri : Agno. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 16-21, 101, 103.
• Celestino Trezzini : Agno In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 1, Affo - Alther , Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 174 ( digitized version ), (accessed on July 3, 2017).

Web links

• Agno on Wikimedia Commons
• Website of the municipality of Agno
• Data from the municipality of Agno
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Agno (Italian)
• Agno: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Agno on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Barbara Meroni: Agno TI (Lugano). In: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss municipality names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 78.
3. ↑ Agno. In: Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, first volume, Aa - Emmengruppe, Gebrüder Attinger, Neuchâtel 1902
4. ^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Agno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 30, 2009 , accessed February 5, 2020 .
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 400–401.
6. ↑ Museo plebano on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 26, 2016.)
7. ↑ Agno Open Air Festival
8. ^ Anne-Marie Dubler: Micron. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 4, 2011 .
9. ^ Football Club Agno