Dongio 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 ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. It was first recorded in year 1188 as ''Deuci''. The municipality also contained the villages Marogno and

Motto A motto (derived from the Latin language, Latin , 'mutter', by way of Italian language, Italian , 'word' or 'sentence') is a Sentence (linguistics), sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of a ...

. It had 532 inhabitants in 1682, which decreased to 391 in 1808. It was then stable for the next two centuries, reaching 488 in 1900 and 423 in 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 ...

, Largario,

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 ...

Lottigna Lottigna is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was first recorded in year 1201 as ''Lotingnia''. The municipality also contained the village Acquarossa, Switzerland, Acquarossa. It had 105 inhabitants in 1 ...

, Marolta, Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco to form a new and larger municipality Acquarossa.

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* {{Authority control Acquarossa Former municipalities of Ticino Villages in Ticino