Cevio is the capital of the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 22 October 2006 Cevio grew by incorporating the villages of Bignasco and Cavergno, previously municipalities in their own right.
Cevio lies 23 km northwest of Locarno in the upper Vallemaggia. The majority of the territory of the municipality (64.6 percent) is forested. About a quarter (25.1 percent) is mountainous, 5.2 percent is agricultural, and 5.1 ...
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Cevio is the capital of the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 22 October 2006 Cevio grew by incorporating the villages of Bignasco and Cavergno, previously municipalities in their own right.
Cevio lies 23 km northwest of Locarno in the upper Vallemaggia. The majority of the territory of the municipality (64.6 percent) is forested. About a quarter (25.1 percent) is mountainous, 5.2 percent is agricultural, and 5.1 percent is residential.
The municipality has long been the principal town of the district. In 1858 the municipality of Linescio was separated from it.
In the fall of 2006, Cavergno and Bignasco were incorporated into the municipality, despite an attempt by Bignasco to resist the incorporation in the courts.
The population reached a high of 927 in 1850 (with Linescio). Since the separation, it has generally been around 500.
The inhabitants of Cevio speak a dialect that is very different from standard Italian. In 2000 only 77.87 percent (down...
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