Centovalli TI

Centovalli

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Locarno districtw
Circle :	Melezza district
BFS no. :	5397i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6657 Bordei 6658 Borgnone 6655 Calezzo 6659 Camedo 6655 Corcapolo con Salmina 6658 Costa Borgnone 6655 Costa Intragna 6656 Cresto 6656 Golino 6655 Intragna 6658 Lionza 6655 Mona Dello 6659 Moneto 6657 Palagnedra 6655 Pila 6655 Rasa 6655 Verdasio con Bolle e Sassalto 6655 Vosa
Coordinates :	693 560 / 113447 coordinates: 46 ° 9 '58 " N , 8 ° 39' 0" O ; CH1903: 693,560 / 11344746.166 8.65 366
Height :	366 m above sea level M.
Height range :	242–2186 m above sea level M.
Area :	53.39 km²
Residents:	1147 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.comunecentovalli.ch
Lionza in Centovalli
Location of the municipality
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Centovalli (Comune delle Centovalli) is a municipality in the Melezza district , in the Locarno district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality of Centovalli comprises the central part of the valley of the same name , through which the Melezza flows. The community is located about 15 km northwest of Locarno . There are countless small villages in the municipality, which used to be partly independent municipalities. Among them Calezzo , Corcapolo , Verdasio , Rasa , Bordei , Palagnedra , Lionza , Costa TI , Borgnone and Camedo on the border with Italy.

The lowest point of the municipality is at the confluence of the Melezza with a side stream from the Val Comora at about 247 meters above sea level. The highest point in the municipality is the Gridone at 2188 meters above sea level. The summit is also the highest point in the municipality of Brissago . The border with Italy runs here.

The current districts of the municipality are: Bordei, Borgnone, Calezzo, Camedo, Corcapolo con Salmina, Costa s / Borgnone, Costa s / Intragna, Cremaso, Cresto, Golino, Intragna, Lionza, Monadello, Moneto, Palagnedra, Pila, Rasa, Verdasio con Bolle e Sassalto and Vosa.

history

The municipality of Centovalli, whose name appears in documents at the end of the 13th century, includes the four villages Camedo, Borgnone, Lionza and Costa towards Solivo and Rasa, Bordei, Palagnedra and Moneto towards Ovigo; each village in turn represented a terra, an area that enjoyed a certain autonomy from the community and also had its own possessions, was dissolved in 1838 (Borgnone, Palagnedra and Rasa).

Community merger

It was re-formed through a merger approved on October 25, 2009 from the previously independent municipalities of Borgnone , Intragna and Palagnedra .

population

Population development
year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Residents	1122	1166	1192	1177	1162	1170	1183	1151

Attractions

Aerial photo (1946)
Overhanging rocks on the Centovalli Street in front of Camedo
Verdasio village

literature

Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 151, 152, 178, 212, 215-219, 221.
Editor: Centovalli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 22, 2016 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Elfi Rüsch: Distretto di Locarno IV. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 180-184.

Web links

Commons : Centovalli - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Municipality of Centovalli
Centovalli municipality data
Centovalli. Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino (Italian)
The origins of the ancient municipality of Centovalli
Centovalli on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ On the history of the Centovalli. In: Centovalli Ticino. September 16, 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019 (German).
^ Official Bulletin of Laws and Executives of the Republic and the Canton of Ticino, Volume 135, Page 330. (PDF) Retrieved on February 11, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Editor: Centovalli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 22, 2016 , accessed December 30, 2019 .

[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] On the history of the Centovalli. In: Centovalli Ticino. September 16, 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019 (German).

[3] Official Bulletin of Laws and Executives of the Republic and the Canton of Ticino, Volume 135, Page 330. (PDF) Retrieved on February 11, 2019 (Italian).

[4] Editor: Centovalli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 22, 2016 , accessed December 30, 2019 .