Muggio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Muggio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
As of 1997, Muggio has an area of 8.39 square kilometers (3.24 sq mi). The village is situated in the Mendrisio district, on the floor of the Muggio valle. It includes the village of Muggio and the hamlets of Scudellate and Roncapiano. Muggio is about 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Lugano and 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Italian border.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 8.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 77.1% - forested
 * 1.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - rivers or lakes
 * 1.8% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Muggio was in 852 as Mugio.

The population history of Muggio is: 1801 - 468 inhabitants 1850 - 591 inhabitants 1900 - 652 inhabitants 1950 - 474 inhabitants 2000 - 206 inhabitants

Inhabited since ancient times, in the 9th century there were Huben managed by serf farmers. In 1299, various plots of land belonged to the cathedral chapter of Como. Even then Muggio was mentioned together with other communities in the valley and was spiritually united to Cabbio. It was only after 1673, that Muggio became vice-parish, which depended on the Pieve of Balerna until the 19th century. Built in 1578, the Church of San Lorenzo was rebuilt in 1760 and restored several times, the last time in 2003-2004.

Politically the following municipalities were part of the Pieve of Balerna:
 * Balerna
 * Boffalora
 * Castel San Pietro
 * Chiasso
 * Coldrerio
 * Novazzano
 * Pedrinate
 * Seseglio
 * Vacallo
 * Valle di Muggio
 * Villa

Census
(See here for information regarding Ticino census records.)

The 1808 Ticino census for Muggio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Muggio prior to 1875, along with any known soprannomi. For more information about soprannomi, click here.

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Ticino

Societies
Società Genealogica della Svizzera Italiana (SGSI)