Cavagnago Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cavagnago 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, Calpiogna has an area of 3.3 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Leventina district, on a terrace at an elevation of 1,149 m (3,770 ft) on the left side of the mid-Leventina valley. It includes the village of Calpiogna, the hamlet of Primadengo, which is at an elevation of 975 m (3,199 ft), and the former mayen of Prodör at an elevation of 1,650 m (5,410 ft). Until 1853, the municipality of Campello was part of Calpiogna.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 6.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 51.5% - forested
 * 4.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.2% - rivers or lakes
 * 22.1% - unproductive land

On 1 April 2012, Calpiogna was incorporated into the municipality of Faido along with the following municipalities:
 * Anzonico
 * Campello
 * Cavagnago
 * Chironico
 * Mairengo
 * Osco

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cavagnago can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cavagnago 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)