Chiggiogna

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Chiggiogna

Coordinates46.47°, 8.82°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Faido is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Norman Gobbi

Swiss politician and entrepreneur

Antonio Arcioni

Swiss politician (1811-1859)

Adalbert Regli

Swiss father (1800-1881)

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Natascia Leonardi Cortesi

Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer

John Gobbi

Swiss ice hockey player

D

Deborah Scanzio

Italian freestyle skier

Luigi Generali

Swiss politician (1920-2005)

Fabio Pedrina

Swiss politician

Gabriele Gendotti

Swiss politician

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Nicola Celio

Swiss ice hockey player

S

Sandro Beretta

Swiss author (1926-1960)

Moisés Santiago Bertoni

Paraguayan politician and Swiss botanist (1857-1929)

A

Alan Tallarini

Swiss ice hockey player

M

Mattia Baldi

Swiss ice hockey player

B

Brenno Bertoni

Swiss journalist and politician (1860-1945)

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Claudio Isabella

Swiss ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-24

Western Green Lizard

Lacerta bilineata

Seen 2026-09-23

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-23

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-09-23

Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Seen 2026-09-22

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-21

Queen of Spain Fritillary

Issoria lathonia

Seen 2026-09-21

woodlouse ant

Myrmecina graminicola

Seen 2026-09-20

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers