Avegno, Switzerland

Former municipality of Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Avegno Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 46°12′N 8°44′E / 46.200°N 8.733°ECoordinates: 46°12′N 8°44′E / 46.200°N 8.733°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Vallemaggia
Area
• Total	8.13 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Population (December 2004)
• Total	540
• Density	66.4/km2 (172.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6670
Surrounded by	Brione sopra Minusio, Gordevio, Locarno, Maggia, Mergoscia, Minusio, Orselina, Tegna, Verscio
Website	www.avegno.ch ; SFSO statistics

Avegno was a municipality of the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 20 April 2008, Avegno and Gordevio merged to form the new municipality of Avegno Gordevio.^[1]

In 1982, the Swiss Heritage Society gave the Wakker Prize to Avegno for the saving of its historical buildings.

References

↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010

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Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms
Location of Avegno Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°12′N 8°44′E / 46.200°N 8.733°E / 46.200; 8.733Coordinates: 46°12′N 8°44′E / 46.200°N 8.733°E / 46.200; 8.733
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Vallemaggia
Area
• Total	8.13 km² (3.14 sq mi)
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Population (December 2004)
• Total	540
• Density	66.4/km² (172.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6670
Surrounded by	Brione sopra Minusio, Gordevio, Locarno, Maggia, Mergoscia, Minusio, Orselina, Tegna, Verscio
Website	www.avegno.ch SFSO statistics