Camignolo

Camignolo
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Camignolo
Coordinates: 46°6′N 8°56′E / 46.100°N 8.933°E / 46.100; 8.933Coordinates: 46°6′N 8°56′E / 46.100°N 8.933°E / 46.100; 8.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Lugano
Area
• Total	4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	449 m (1,473 ft)
Population
• Total	664
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal code	6803
SFOS number	5165
Surrounded by	Bironico, Capriasca, Lugaggia, Medeglia, Mezzovico-Vira, Rivera
Website	SFSO statistics

Camignolo is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Medeglia, Bironico, Camignolo, Rivera and Sigirino merged on 21 November 2010 into the new municipality of Monteceneri.

Camignolo is first mentioned in 1296 as Camigiollo. In the Middle Ages Camignolo appears as part of the parish of Bironico and valley community of Valle Carvina. Como Cathedral had properties in the village. San Ambrogio castle is mentioned in 1348. It was probably destroyed around the beginning of Swiss Confederation rule in the 16th Century.

It was a vice-parish in 1670, and became a full parish in 1809. The parish church of S. Pietro e Paolo is first mentioned in the 15th Century. Its present form comes from a reconstruction in 1670. The 10th Century chapel of S. Ambrogio (first mentioned in 1348) is rich in frescoes from the late Romanesque and the 15th Century. It was restored in 1976-79.

The inhabitants are still mainly employed in agriculture, though there was constant, large-scale emigration before the industrialization of the valley. Only in recent decades, has there been was a modest development in construction, industry and trade. Camignolo is the seat of a secondary school.

Camignolo has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 4.53 square kilometers (1.75 sq mi). Of this area, 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 9.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.25 km² (1.25 sq mi) or 71.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.33 km² (0.13 sq mi) or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 7.1% is unproductive land.