Faido

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Faido

Total population

2,949

Coordinates46.48°, 8.80°

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

Nello Celio

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1914-1995)

Enrico Celio

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1889-1980)

Adalbert Regli

Swiss father (1800-1881)

N

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

N

Nicola Celio

Swiss ice hockey player

A

Alan Tallarini

Swiss ice hockey player

Inti Pestoni

Swiss ice hockey player

M

Mattia Baldi

Swiss ice hockey player

C

Claudio Isabella

Swiss ice hockey player

J

Joey Isabella

Swiss ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in Ticino

• Mairengo
  0.8 mi away · pop. 272
• Dalpe
  1.3 mi away · pop. 192
• Quinto
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,046
• Ambrì
  5.5 mi away
• Castro
  6 mi away
• Ponto Valentino
  6.2 mi away
• Prugiasco
  6.3 mi away
• Giornico
  6.4 mi away · pop. 872
• Blenio
  6.6 mi away · pop. 1,792
• Acquarossa
  6.9 mi away · pop. 1,862
• Fusio
  7 mi away
• Sobrio
  7.2 mi away · pop. 80

Browse all places in Ticino →

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

Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema thalassinum

Seen 2026-10-14

European wood-sorrel

Oxalis acetosella

Seen 2026-10-12

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-12

spring gentian

Gentiana verna

Seen 2026-10-12

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-10-12

Alpine Stonecrop

Sedum alpestre

Seen 2026-10-12

Alpine Ibex

Capra ibex

Seen 2026-10-12

Eurasian Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus barbatus

Seen 2026-10-12

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-10-11

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

Official Identifiers