Largario 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 ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. 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 dropping again to 53 in 1900. It decreased further to 36 in 1950, 17 in 1980 when it was the least populous municipality in the entire Switzerland, before it increased to 27 in 1990 which only made it the least populous in Ticino. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities

Castro Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''. ...

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 ...

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 t ...

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. It had 105 inhabitants in 1682, and from 1850 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 decr ...

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 and Prug ...

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 Largario is a village and former municipalit ...

to form a new and larger municipality Acquarossa.

References

* Former municipalities of Ticino Villages in Ticino {{Ticino-geo-stub