Lottigna is a village and former municipality in the

canton of Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts and its capital city is Bellinzo ...

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. It was first recorded in year 1201 as ''Lotingnia''. The municipality also contained the village Acquarossa. It had 105 inhabitants in 1682, and from 1850 to 1950 the population count remained stable around 130. It then dropped to 79 in both 1970 and 2000. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Castro,

Corzoneso Corzoneso is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1210 as ''Cursonexe''. The municipality also contained the villages Corzoneso Piano, Casserio and Cumiasca. It had 250 inhabitan ...

Dongio Dongio is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1188 as ''Deuci''. The municipality also contained the villages Marogno and Motto. It had 532 inhabitants in 1682, which decreased ...

Largario Largario is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1207 as ''Largario''. The municipality had 56 inhabitants in 1602, which peaked at 74 and 75 in 1808 and 1850 respectively before dr ...

Leontica Leontica is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1204 as ''Levontega''. The municipality also contained the village Comprovasco. It had 315 inhabitants in 1602, which increased to ...

Marolta Marolta is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1205 as ''Malouta''. The municipality also contained a part of the village Traversa. It had 178 inhabitants in 1808, but this decrea ...

Ponto Valentino Ponto Valentino is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Castro, Corzoneso, Dongio, Largario, Leontica, Lottigna, Marolta Marolta is ...

and

Prugiasco Prugiasco is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Castro, Corzoneso, Dongio, Largario, Leontica, Lottigna, Marolta and Ponto Valenti ...

to form a new and larger municipality Acquarossa, the name taken from the old village in Lottigna.

Notable people

Moisés Santiago Bertoni Mosè Giacomo Bertoni (1857–1929), known in Spanish language, Spanish as Moisés Santiago Bertoni, was an Languages of Switzerland, Italian-speaking Switzerland, Swiss-Paraguay, Paraguayan Natural history, naturalist, Botany, botanist and Anarc ...

, Swiss naturalist *Pietro Reggiori (1854-1907), president of the London branch of the Ticinese liberal party, co-proprietor of the Reggiori's restaurant in King’s Cross. Mr. Peter Roger, an English hotelier, restaurateur and the great-great-grandson of Alfredo Reggiori and Alma Margherita Marchesi, established an annual award in their memory, the Reggiori-Marchesi Prize, donating to the University of Kent, his alma mater, his financial resources to promote merit and commitment.

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