Personico

Personico
Coat of arms
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Location of Personico
Coordinates: 46°22′N 8°55′E / 46.367°N 8.917°E / 46.367; 8.917Coordinates: 46°22′N 8°55′E / 46.367°N 8.917°E / 46.367; 8.917
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Leventina
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco
Area
• Total	39.04 km2 (15.07 sq mi)
Elevation	325 m (1,066 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	344
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Postal code	6744
SFOS number	5076
Surrounded by	Biasca, Bodio, Frasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Giornico, Iragna, Lavertezzo, Pollegio
Website	http://www.personico.ch SFSO statistics

Personico is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Personico is first mentioned in 1227 as Prexonego. During the Middle Ages, it belonged to the Vicinanza of Giornico. The village church of SS. Nazario e Celso was first mentioned in 1256. It belonged to the parish of Biasca until 1570, when it became an independent parish church. The church was restored in 1926 and again in 1978-79. Between 1736-1869 there was in a glass factory in operation in the village. A subsidiary factory was built in 1782 in Lodrino. The local economy mostly relied on livestock until the 19th Century, when they began mining local stone. Between 1962-67, the hydroelectric plant of Nuova Biaschina and dam in the Val d'Ambra was built. In 1999, another, smaller power plant was completed. In 2005, about 12% of the jobs were in the agricultural sector while about 46% were in industry and manufacturing.

Personico has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 39.04 square kilometers (15.07 sq mi). Of this area, 0.55 km² (0.21 sq mi) or 1.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.88 km² (9.61 sq mi) or 63.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km² (0.24 sq mi) or 1.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi) or 2.0% is either rivers or lakes and 11.27 km² (4.35 sq mi) or 28.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. Out of the forested land, 48.8% of the total land area is heavily forested, while 12.9% is covered in small trees and shrubbery and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 15.2% is unproductive vegetation and 13.6% is too rocky for vegetation.