Faido
Faido is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Faido
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| Coordinates: 46°29′N 8°48′E / 46.483°N 8.800°ECoordinates: 46°29′N 8°48′E / 46.483°N 8.800°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Ticino |
| District | Leventina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roland David |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 711 m (2,333 ft) |
| Population (December 2002) | |
| • Total | 1,522 |
| • Density | 401/km2 (1,037/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6760 |
| Localities | Chiggiogna, Rossura, Calonico |
| Surrounded by | Acquarossa, Anzonico, Blenio, Calpiogna, Campello, Chironico, Dalpe, Mairengo |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
It has about 1,600 people and lies in the Leventina valley.
History
The municipality was first noted in 1171 as Faedo.
In the spring of 2004, the people voted for merging the neighboring municipalities of Chiggiogna, Osco, Mairengo, Calpiogna, Campello, Rossura, Calonico, Anzonico, Cavagnago, and Sobrio. Most of the municipalities did not want to do that, and the new municipality contains only the municipalities of Faido, Chiggiogna, Rossura, and Calonico. On 1 April 2012, the former municipalities of Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico, Mairengo and Osco merged into the municipality.[1] On 10 April 2016, Sobrio merged into the municipality.[2]
Faido Media
Construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel near Faido
Faido pass up to the Gotthard pass, from 1845
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1931)
- Chiesachironico.ipj
References
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 May 2012
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016
Other websites
Media related to Faido at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Italian)
