Corippo
Corippo is a former municipality of the district Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Corippo
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| Coordinates: 46°14′10″N 8°50′28″E / 46.236°N 8.841°ECoordinates: 46°14′10″N 8°50′28″E / 46.236°N 8.841°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Ticino |
| District | Locarno |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claudius Scettrini |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.7 km2 (3.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 558 m (1,831 ft) |
| Population (December 2004) | |
| • Total | 17 |
| • Density | 2.21/km2 (5.72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6631 |
| Surrounded by | Gordevio, Lavertezzo, Mergoscia, Vogorno |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
With a population of just 17 as of December 2004, it is the smallest municipality in Switzerland. It has many of the things that communities many times its size has: an official website (www.corippo.ch Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine), its own coat of arms, a village church, a restaurant, and a mayor who leads a town council made up of three local citizens. The village has remained independent since 1822.
On 17 October 2020 the former municipalities of Brione (Verzasca), Corippo, Frasco, Sonogno and Vogorno merged to form the new municipality of Verzasca.[1]
Description
Corippo lies in the Verzasca valley about 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) from Locarno at the north end of the reservoir Lake Vogorno, and 20 km from the border with Italy. The houses are built from the local Ticino granite with slate roofs and have changed little for several hundred years, leading the Italian writer Piero Bianconi to describe Corippo as "Verzasca's gentlest village".
Corippo Media
Corippo, Valle Verzasca, Switzerland self-made, May 2006
Street in the Village of Corippo, Ticino
- Vordergrund: Monti di Motti. Linker Bildrand unten: Mergoscia. Talgrund Bildmitte: Vogorno, Corippo und Lavertezzo, darüber: Poncione d'Alnasca. Hintergrund v.l.: Rasiva, Corona di Redorta, Madàs, Pizzo Campo Tencia, Pizzo Penca, Pizzo Forno, Madom Gröss und Pizzo Cramosino. Hochgeflogen
References
- ↑ "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Other websites
- (in Italian) Official website Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Description and photo gallery Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Helvetic Administration and Public Services listing Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Swissinfo map Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine