Magadino

Magadino
Former municipality of Switzerland
Magadino village church
Coat of arms
Magadino
Location of Magadino
Coordinates: 46°09′N 8°51′E / 46.150°N 8.850°E / 46.150; 8.850Coordinates: 46°09′N 8°51′E / 46.150°N 8.850°E / 46.150; 8.850
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Locarno
Municipality	Gambarogno
Area
• Total	7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Population
• Total	1,604
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Postal code	6573
SFOS number	5116
Surrounded by	Contone, Locarno, Minusio, Rivera, Tenero-Contra, Vira (Gambarogno)
Website	SFSO statistics

Magadino is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.

Magadino is first mentioned in 1254 as de Magadino. It was also previously known, in German, as Megadin though this name is no longer used.

During the Late Middle Ages the village was mentioned when certain feudal rights were transferred from the Bishop of Como to the Capitanei of Locarno transferred. Until 1342, these rights included the right to collect tolls on goods traveling through the area. The village of Quartino was, in the 11th to 16th Centuries, a Benedictine priory. The priory of St. George belonged to the abbey of S. Benigno di Fruttuaria in Piedmont, then to S. Gemolo di Ganna in Lombardy. In the 17th Century the monastic estates came to the hospital in Locarno.

Together with the villages of Quartino and Orgnana, Magadino belonged to the parish of S. Pietro in Vira, until it became an independent parish in 1846. The church of San Carlo was built in 1844-46.