Mairengo

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Mairengo

Location of Mairengo

Coordinates: 46°29′N 8°47′E / 46.483°N 8.783°ECoordinates: 46°29′N 8°47′E / 46.483°N 8.783°E

Country

Area

• Total

6.65 km² (2.57 sq mi)

Elevation

920 m (3,020 ft)

Population (December 2004)

• Total

413

• Density

62/km² (160/sq mi)

Postal code

6763

SFOS number

5074

Surrounded by

Blenio, Calpiogna, Dalpe, Faido, Osco

Website

SFSO statistics

Mairengo is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of Faido along with the former municipalities of Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico and Osco.

Mairengo is first mentioned in 1201 as Mairencho. During the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Degagna of Tarnolgio, which was part of the Vicinanza of Faido. Their annual meetings took place alternately, twice in Mairengo and once in Faido.

The parish of Mairengo also included Faido, Osco, Calpiogna and Campello. The church of San Siro was first mentioned in 1171 and in the 16th Century it was expanded and renovated. It was the most important church in the central Levantine. The current building was restored in 2001, but still bears traces of the old romanesque church facade.

The local economy was based on livestock, which had virtually disappeared at the end of the 20th Century, although the alpine pasture of Alp Formazzora in the Bedretto valley was still cultivated. The village section of Polmengo is home to a large construction site for the new Gotthard Base Tunnel.

Mairengo has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 6.65 square kilometers (2.57 sq mi). Of this area, 0.3 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 4.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.65 km² (1.02 sq mi) or 39.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and 2.52 km² (0.97 sq mi) or 37.9% is unproductive land.

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