Arosio, Switzerland

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Arosio is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

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In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Breno, Fescoggia, Mugena and Vezio to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone. [1]


Location

Aerial view from 1500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) ETH-BIB-Arosio, Mugena, Vezio, Breno, Cresta del Confine v. O. aus 1500 m-Inlandfluge-LBS MH01-001335.tif
Aerial view from 1500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)

The village comprised the amalgamated settlements Terra di sopra and Terra di sotto.

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following table:

YearPopulation
Arosio [2]
1599ca. 300
1801221
1850232
1900186
1950197
2000422

Notes

  1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010
  2. Arosio in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .

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