Mosogno

Mosogno
Former municipality of Switzerland
Mosogno village
Coat of arms
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Location of Mosogno
Coordinates: 46°12′N 8°38′E / 46.200°N 8.633°E / 46.200; 8.633Coordinates: 46°12′N 8°38′E / 46.200°N 8.633°E / 46.200; 8.633
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Locarno
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco
Area
• Total	8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Elevation	781 m (2,562 ft)
Population (December 2004)
• Total	62
• Density	7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Postal code	6611
SFOS number	5119
Surrounded by	Borgnone, Intragna, Isorno, Onsernone
Website	SFSO statistics

Mosogno is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into the municipality of Onsernone.

Mosogno is first mentioned in 1277 as Mosogno. In 1352 it was mentioned as Muxognio. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the five Squadre that made up the community of Onsernone. It became an independent municipality in 1803.

The church of S. Bernardo was built along the road in 1596. It became parish church and center of its own parish after it separated from Loco in 1685. The settlement of Mosogno Sotto has had the Chapel St. Maria Addolorata since 1684. In 1657 the chapel of S. Maria della Natività was built in Bairon, while in Chiosso the chapel of S. Giacomo was built in the second half of the 17th Century.

The decline of the straw factory, emigration and recent migration to urban centers, have led to a steady decline in population since the late 19th Century.

Mosogno had an area, as of 1997^[update], of 8.61 square kilometers (3.32 sq mi). Of this area, 0.08 km² (0.031 sq mi) or 0.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.45 km² (2.88 sq mi) or 86.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 km² (0.081 sq mi) or 2.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.7 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 8.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.2%. Out of the forested land, 76.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.5% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 4.2% is unproductive vegetation and 3.9% is too rocky for vegetation.