Linescio

Linescio
Coat of arms
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Location of Linescio
Coordinates: 46°18′N 8°35′E / 46.300°N 8.583°E / 46.300; 8.583Coordinates: 46°18′N 8°35′E / 46.300°N 8.583°E / 46.300; 8.583
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Vallemaggia
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco
Area
• Total	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Elevation	668 m (2,192 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	49
• Density	7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Postal code	6682
SFOS number	5315
Surrounded by	Cerentino, Cevio
Website	website missing SFSO statistics

Linescio is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Linescio is first mentioned in 1437 as Lignazio. In 1602 it was mentioned as Linezio.

The parish church of S. Remigio was built in 1640 and rebuilt in 1817-19. In 1757, it split away from the parish of Cevio to become its own parish.

The slopes around the village were heavily terraced, creating most of the farm land for the village. Rye, hemp, flax and later potatoes were grown on the terraces. As a result of emigration out of Switzerland in the 19th Century and emigration to the cities after 1950, most of the fields, meadows and pastures were abandoned. In 2000, no one in Linescio worked in agriculture. On the right side of the valley, there is some mining. At the beginning of the 21st Century a project was developed to save the terraces from decay.

Linescio has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 6.61 square kilometers (2.55 sq mi). Of this area, 0.1 km² (0.039 sq mi) or 1.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.32 km² (1.67 sq mi) or 65.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.08 km² (20 acres) or 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.12 km² (30 acres) or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and 1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi) or 29.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.0%. Out of the forested land, 56.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.6% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 17.7% is unproductive vegetation and 12.1% is too rocky for vegetation.

The village is located in the Vallemaggio district, on the left side of the lower portion of the Valle di Campo. It was created in 1858, when the village separated from Cevio.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered argent and azure a dove displayed counterchanged. The dove is an attribute of Saint Remigius, the patron saint of the village church.