Lopagno is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2001 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo,

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and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010

History

Lopagno is first mentioned in 1335 as ''Lopagnio'. Lopagno, together with Cagiallo and Campestro, formed a '' Vicinanza'' since the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

. In the 16th and 17th Centuries there were several large-scale emigrations from the village. The economy of the village was based on agriculture, trade and construction activities. The inhabitants of Lopagno were among the leaders of the popular uprising against the authorities of the Helvetic Republic on 26 January 1802. Since 1952, the Institute Don Orione for the care of the mentally disabled, is active in Lopagno. The S. Apollonia chapel dates back to the 16th Century, and is a dependent of the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

of Tesserete. In 2000 about three quarters of the working population worked outside the village.

Location

The village is located in the Capriasca valley at the entrance to Val Colla and includes the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of Treggia, Somazzo and Oggio

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following chart: ImageSize = width:600 height:212 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:102 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:125 start:0 PlotData= bar:Year color:yellowgreen width:25 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1574 from:start till:117 text:"117" bar:1602 from:start till:114 text:"114" bar:1638 from:start till:93 text:"93" bar:1850 from:start till:410 text:"410" bar:1900 from:start till:397 text:"397" bar:1950 from:start till:359 text:"359" bar:1980 from:start till:344 text:"344" bar:2000 from:start till:496 text:"496"

References

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