Sagno

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Sagno

Location of Sagno

Coordinates: 45°51′N 9°02′E / 45.850°N 9.033°ECoordinates: 45°51′N 9°02′E / 45.850°N 9.033°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Giuseppe Tettamanti

Area

• Total

1.68 km² (0.65 sq mi)

Elevation

704 m (2,310 ft)

Population

• Total

271

• Density

160/km² (420/sq mi)

Postal code

6839

SFOS number

5264

Surrounded by

Cernobbio (IT-CO), Morbio Inferiore, Morbio Superiore, Vacallo

Website

sagno.valledimuggio.ch
SFSO statistics

Sagno is a former municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland; it is now part of the new municipality of Breggia. On 25 October 2009 the municipalities of Bruzella, Cabbio, Caneggio, Morbio Superiore, Muggio, Sagno merged into Breggia.

Sagno is first mentioned around 1296-99 as Sagnio.

Scattered finds from the Bronze Age suggest that the valley was settled prehistorically. During the Middle Ages it was part of the Pieve of Balerna. Together with Morbio Superiore it formed a vice-parish, which depended on the mother church at Balerna. They broke away in the 17th Century and in 1802 became an independent parish.

The parish church of San Michele Arcangelo was first mentioned in 1330, but is of much older origin. In 1789-99 it was rebuilt in the Classicist style and it was renovated in 1982-83.

In 1843, near Mount Bisbino, a violent political conflict, the so-called Fatti del Bisbino broke out. Throughout Ticino in the 1830s and 1840s, there had been a conflict between the conservative, catholic side and the liberals. Following a religious celebration at Monte Bisbino, on 2 July 1843 a troupe of about 20 people were heading home, amusing themselves with singing. A group of radicals encountered the troupe and an argument broke out. A priest was wounded, and several members of the liberal group; Briester Bernasconi, one of his servants and Charles Casartelli, were killed. Reprisals for the attack led to the deaths of the Bruzella pastor, Father Michael Cereghetti, and the baker Antonio Ferrari.

Agriculture and livestock constitute the main long-term sources of income. This was supplemented, by a seasonal migration, especially of bricklayers and stonemasons from Italy. Starting in the 1970s, the population increased slightly. In 2000 about four-fifths of the working population of Sagno were commuters, mostly to Chiasso.

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