Pollegio

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Pollegio

Total population

762

Elevation298 m

Land area5.9 km²

Coordinates46.36°, 8.94°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pollegio is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, located in the lower Leventina.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Antonio Arcioni

Swiss politician (1811-1859)

R

Reto Rossetti

British Esperantist (1909-1994)

Leonardo Genoni

Swiss ice hockey goaltender

Stefano Franscini

Swiss statistician and politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1796-1857)

Luigi Imperatori

Swiss theologian (1844-1900)

B

Bruno Heiz

Swiss graphic designer (1918-2012)

C

Carlo Pometta

Swiss judge (1896-1979)

Constantin Siegwart-Müller

Swiss politician (1801-1869)

A

Aleardo Pini

Swiss politician (1907-1958)

Alessandro Chiesa

Swiss ice hockey player

Arialdo Giobbi

Italian basketball player (1923-2018)

C

Carlo Vanza

(1901-1976)

L

Lucio Bizzini

Swiss association football player

Paolo Paoloni

Italian actor (1929-2019)

U

Umberto Menegalli

fencer

Valerio Giobbi

Italian basketball coach

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

Nearby places in Ticino

• Personico
  1.3 mi away · pop. 334
• Biasca
  1.4 mi away · pop. 6,164
• Sobrio
  3.1 mi away · pop. 80
• Semione
  3.3 mi away · pop. 320
• Malvaglia
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,316
• Giornico
  4.1 mi away · pop. 872
• Osogna
  4.2 mi away · pop. 1,069
• Lodrino
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,779
• Acquarossa
  6.2 mi away · pop. 1,862
• Cresciano
  6.5 mi away · pop. 723
• Prugiasco
  6.7 mi away
• Frasco
  6.9 mi away · pop. 100

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

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

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

woodlouse ant

Myrmecina graminicola

Seen 2026-09-20

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-19

watermint

Mentha aquatica

Seen 2026-09-19

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-19

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

Official Identifiers