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,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

, Switzerland. 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 to ...

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 d ...

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 Valent ...

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 (15 June 1857 – 19 September 1929), known in Spanish as Moisés Santiago Bertoni, was an Italian-speaking Swiss naturalist. He emigrated to South America in 1884 and lived in Paraguay from 1887 until he died in 1929. Be ...

, Swiss naturalist

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