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Frasco
Ticinovillage
Frasco
Total population
100
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Frasco is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 17 October 2020 the former municipalities of Vogorno, Sonogno, Corippo, Brione (Verzasca) and Frasco merged to form the new municipality of Verzasca.
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History
Frasco is first mentioned in 1235 as Felasco. During the Middle Ages, Frasco was part of the greater Vicinanza of Verzasca. In 1395, it and Sonogno formed a single political municipality, which existed until 1843. The village church of St. Bernhard was probably built in the 14th century. The present church dates from 1868 to 1869 and stands on the foundations of the old building. In 1518 Frasco and Sonogno separated from the parish of Vogorno and formed their own parish, which lasted until it divided again in 1734. For centuries, the inhabitants lived on agriculture and alpine seasonal migrations with livestock. Starting in 1870, the Val d'Efra, a vein of white marble, was exploited for limestone quarries. In 2000, the agricultural sector was the only sector providing jobs in Frasco, while about two-thirds of the workers were commuters. In the hamlet of Piede della Motta, there are frescoes from the 15th century. All of the old settlement areas of the municipality are now protected as historical buildings. More recently, however, many houses have been built in the municipality.
Geography
Frasco had an area, , of . Of this area, or 1.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 47.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.3%. Out of the forested land, 27.4% of the total land area is heavily forested, while 11.7% is covered in small trees and shrubbery and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.3% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 24.3% is unproductive vegetation and 22.7% is too rocky for vegetation. The village is located in the Locarno district. It consists of the village of Frasco and multiple scattered settlements along the road in the upper Verzasca valley. The average elevation of the settlements is about .
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Nearby places in Ticino
- Sonogno1.2 mi away · pop. 88
- Gerra1.3 mi away · pop. 1,297
- Brione2.9 mi away · pop. 193
- Giornico5.6 mi away · pop. 872
- Lavertezzo5.7 mi away · pop. 1,226
- Personico5.9 mi away · pop. 334
- Sobrio6.3 mi away · pop. 80
- Pollegio6.9 mi away · pop. 762
- Giumaglio7.3 mi away · pop. 210
- Lavorgo7.4 mi away
- San Bartolomeo7.6 mi away
- Someo7.6 mi away · pop. 258
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5105
- Population (Wikidata)
- 107
- Wikidata
- Q67730
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771