Cavigliano

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Cavigliano

Location of Cavigliano

Coordinates: 46°11′N 8°43′E / 46.183°N 8.717°ECoordinates: 46°11′N 8°43′E / 46.183°N 8.717°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.48 km² (2.12 sq mi)

Elevation

366 m (1,201 ft)

Population (Dec 2011)

• Total

697

• Density

130/km² (330/sq mi)

Postal code

6654

SFOS number

5099

Surrounded by

Intragna, Isorno, Losone, Maggia, Verscio

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Cavigliano is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cavigliano, Tegna and Verscio merged on 14 April 2013 into the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte.

The earliest trace of a settlement in the area come from the Bronze Age. Other artifacts have been found from the Iron Age and Roman era tombs and coins from the 1st to 3rd centuries. The modern municipality of Cavigliano is first mentioned in 1213 as Caveliano. In 1591 it was mentioned as Caviano, Pedemonte di sopra and Terra di cima. During the Middle Ages the village was part of the Locarno and Ascona region, and it paid a tithe to the Capitanei of Locarno. During this time the villages of Cavigilano, Tegna, Verscio and Auressio formed the municipality of Pedemonte. Tegna left Pedemonte in 1464 to form an independent municipality. In the 16th Century it became part of the bailiwick of Locarno. The village evolved into an independent political municipality in 1803.

The village Church of S. Michele dates from the 16th Century, while the Catholic parish of Cavigliano was created in 1850.

The train station in the municipality on the Locarno-Domodossola line was built in 1923. Since the 1960s, the agrarian municipality gradually become a commuter town for the agglomeration of Locarno. The tourist and educational center of the Swiss Labor Assistance, known as Casa solidarietà, has been in the municipality since 1946.

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