Maggia TI

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TI is the abbreviation for the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Maggiaf .
Maggia
Maggia coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Vallemaggia districtw
Circle : Maggia district
BFS no. : 5317i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6673 Maggia
6674 Someo
6677 Aurigeno
6677 Moghegno
6678 Coglio
6678 Giumaglio
6678 Lodano
UN / LOCODE : CH SOM (Someo)
Coordinates : 697 892  /  122632 coordinates: 46 ° 14 '53 "  N , 8 ° 42' 29"  O ; CH1903:  697,892  /  122632
Height : 372  m above sea level M.
Height range : 274–2380 m above sea level M.
Area : 111.16  km²
Residents: 2592 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 23 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.maggia.ch
Maggia TI

Maggia TI

Location of the municipality
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Maggia is a municipality and a village in the county Maggia , vallemaggia , the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

Aerial photo (1954)

The community is located in the lower and central part of the Maggia Valley northwest of Locarno . The different districts lie on both sides of the Maggia river .

history

It was first mentioned in 1200 as de madia , in 1225 the place was mentioned as Madiis and in 1270 as Madia . The name is traced back to the month of May (Italian Maggio).

The municipality of Maggia was created on April 4, 2004 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Aurigeno , Coglio , Giumaglio , Lodano , Maggia (former municipality) , Moghegno and Someo .

  • Aurigeno

  • Coglio

  • Giumaglio

  • Lodano

  • Someo

  • Moghegno

  • Maggia

population

At the end of 2004 the municipality had 2358 inhabitants. Of these, 2115 (= 89.7%) were Swiss citizens and 243 immigrants from other countries.

Population development
year 1591 1709 1801 1850 1900 1950 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2017
Residents 420 530 414 641 340 450 1464 1687 2067 2539 2603 2586

politics

The municipal council consists of five people. There is also a municipal parliament .

traffic

Most of the districts of the community can be accessed via line 315 of the FART Locarno-Bignasco-Cavergno . Most of the districts are located on the main road from Locarno through Vallemaggia.

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Maurizio, separated from the Collegiate Church of San Vittore in Muralto around 1000 . The building, consecrated to Saint Mauritius in 1636, was expanded in 1855 (facade) and 1881 (monumental staircase) and restored in 1996–1998.
  • Oratory of Santa Maria delle Grazie or "di Campagna", built in 1510 on the site of an earlier chapel, contains frescoes from the time it was built and votive pictures by Giovanni Antonio Vanoni .
  • former stable of the Martinelli, with a fresco with the birth of Jesus, later Casa Martinelli from the 17th century, in the meantime a school house, today a retirement home
  • Oratory Madonna del Carmine
  • Saint Luigi Guanella Retirement Home
  • Prayer Chapel Santa Maria della Pioda or della Cascata
  • Prayer chapel d'Antrobbio, with late Gothic frescoes.
  • Atelier Casè, Architects: Emilio Bernegger , Edy Quaglia
  • Grave finds from Roman times

Sports

  • Associazione Calcio Vallemaggia

Illustrations

  • Parish Church of San Maurizio

  • Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie or di Campagna

  • Santa Maria delle Grazie church, frescoes

  • Ossuary in the Coglio

  • Suspension bridge in Someo

  • Riveo faction

Personalities

  • Giacomo Bassi (* around 1690 in Maggia; † after 1734 there ?; from Valmaggia), builder in Bormio
  • Victor Emanuel Camanini (born November 30, 1862 in Someo; † November 15, 1919 in Kilchberg ZH ), decorative and flat painter
  • Marta (Martha) Holmboe-Streiff (born January 17, 1897 in Manila , † January 23, 1970 in Maggia), carpet weaver
  • Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938), writer
  • Pierre Casè (born February 16, 1944 Locarno), painter, engraver, draftsman
  • Francesco Lorenzetti (* 1983), concept artist

literature

Web links

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

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. ↑ https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/002270/2017-01-18/
  3. ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Maggia (community). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 244-245.
  5. ^ Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Campagna
  6. ^ Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
  7. ↑ Antrobbio on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 18, 2017).
  8. ^ Associazione Calcio Vallemaggia
  9. ↑ Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume II, p. 42 ( digitized version from biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz; accessed on June 15, 2017).
  10. ↑ Victor Emanuel Camanini. In: Sikart
  11. ↑ Marta (Martha) Holmboe-Streiff. In: Sikart , accessed February 3, 2016.
  12. ^ Claudio Guarda: Pierre Casè. In: Sikart (status: 2004)
  13. ↑ Francesco Lorenzetti on artstation.com