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Caviano
Ticinovillage
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Overview
Caviano is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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History
Caviano is first mentioned in 1258 as Caviliano. In 1264 and again in 1365, the Bishop of Como transferred part of the tithes of the Gambarogno valley, including Caviano and Scaiano, to the Magoria and Duno families from Locarno. Caviano originally belonged to the parish of Locarno, then in 1558 to Sant'Abbondio. It became a separate parish in 1850. The old church, the foundation is pre-Roman, was demolished in 1864 after the completion of the new church of S. Maria Nascente. Due to limited fishing and farming land, much of the population emigrated to other cantons or countries. The old outskirts of the village is still easily visible. In the settlement of Cento Campi, there were a number of alpine shelters and barns with thatched roofs, though most have fallen into disrepair. This type of shelter/barn was commonly used on the pastures (monti) around Lake Maggiore.
Geography
Caviano has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 81.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 79.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.3% is used for growing crops and 5.0% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the village, 0.6% is in lakes and 0.3% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 1.3% is unproductive vegetation. The village is located in the Locarno district, above Lake Maggiore. It was the westernmost municipality in the Gambarogno and shared a border with Italy at Dirinella. It consists of the village of Caviano and the hamlets of Scaiano.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5098
- Population (Wikidata)
- 118
- Wikidata
- Q664256
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771