Neggio

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Neggio

Location of Neggio

Coordinates: 45°59′N 8°53′E / 45.983°N 8.883°ECoordinates: 45°59′N 8°53′E / 45.983°N 8.883°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Sindaco

Area

• Total

0.91 km² (0.35 sq mi)

Elevation

389 m (1,276 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

327

• Density

360/km² (930/sq mi)

Postal code

6991

SFOS number

5206

Surrounded by

Agno, Caslano, Curio, Magliaso, Pura, Vernate

Website

http://www.neggio.ch/
SFSO statistics

Neggio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Neggio is first mentioned in 807 as Nego. In 1335 it was mentioned as Negio. Tombs from the 3rd-4th Century suggest that there was a Roman settlement near the modern village. In the 15th Century it is mentioned as a separate Vicinanza. In 1611, it split from the parish of Agno. Since 1938, there has been a small community of Dominican nuns. In January 1944, they housed Edda Ciano, the daughter of Benito Mussolini, along with her children.

The church of S. Maria dell'Annunciata has frescoes from the 14th Century, which date from the previous building that was demolished in 1620. Nothing remains of the church of San Giorgio, but a chapel was built on the same hill in the 18th century.

Historically, most the residents worked in agriculture. At the beginning of the 21st Century, most of the workers worked outside the municipality in Lugano and the Vedeggio plain. In 1956 vocational and home economics courses were introduced in the municipality. The school house, a gift from the Soldati family, has included a handicapped workshop since 1986.

Neggio has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 0.91 square kilometers (0.35 sq mi). Of this area, 0.22 km² (0.085 sq mi) or 24.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.6 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 65.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.13 km² (32 acres) or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes.

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