Castro 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,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
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Switzerland.
It was first recorded in year 1200 as ''Castri''.
It had 68 inhabitants in 1567, which increased to 114 in 1808 and 129 in 1850. It then decreased to 97 in 1900, 81 in 1950 and 62 in 1970. In 2000 the population count was back on 81.
In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities
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 inhabitants ...
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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 to ...
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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 ...
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Leontica,
Lottigna,
Marolta,
Ponto Valentino and
Prugiasco to form a new and larger municipality
Acquarossa.
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Former municipalities of Ticino
Villages in Ticino
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