Onsernone is a

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in the

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canton of

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, near the city of

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. The river

Isorno Isorno is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into the municipality of Onsernone. The former muni ...

runs through this valley. The municipality was created in 1995 by a merger of Comologno, Crana and

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.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of

Vergeletto Vergeletto is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into the municipality of Onsernone. History ...

Gresso Gresso is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipality was formed in 1882 by splitting from Vergeletto. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and ...

Mosogno Mosogno is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into the municipality of Onsernone. History Mosogn ...

and

merged into Onsernone.

History

Comologno is first mentioned in 1438 as ''Comolognium''. Crana is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Grana'' and in 1265 it was mentioned as ''Crana''. Russo is first mentioned in 1231 as ''de Ruxi''. In 1277 it was mentioned as ''Rusio''. Isorno was formed in 2001 by a merger of Auressio,

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and

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Comologno

During the

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, Comologno belonged to the ''Squadra'' of Crana, which together with the other villages of the valley (with the exception of Auressio) formed the

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municipality of Onsernone. With the establishment of the Canton of Ticino in 1803, Comologno became an independent municipality. Comologno formed an independent

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in 1715, when it separated from Russo. The

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of San Giovanni Battista, was built in 1668–1697. With the emergence and development of

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straw processing in the 19th century, the population of Comologno increased rapidly. However, in the following century, the decline of farming, animal husbandry and straw craft led to a rapid population decline. Most of the working population works in industrial or service enterprises in the valley or commute to work in the agglomeration of Locarno. Many residents emigrated to other countries in search of work. Several families became wealthy in foreign countries, and used that wealth to build stately mansions in Comologno. The largest is from the Remonda family, who in the second half of the 18th century, became wealthy in France. Another notable mansion is the Palazzo (or Castello) della Barca which was acquired in the 1930s by Vladimir Rosenbaum for his wife Aline Valangin, a writer and artist. It soon became a haven for artists and well-known anti-fascists, including

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, Ernesto Bonaiuti,

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and Jean-Paul Samson. Since the early 1970s, at the suggestion of the Associazione Amici di Comologno, various artists have decorated houses in the village with frescos.

Crana

During the Ancien Régime, Crana belonged to the ''Squadra'' of Crana which included the territory of Vocaglia, Comologno and Spruga, and was part of the old municipality of Onsernone. The modern village was created during the institutional changes of the

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in 1803. Crana is known for the over 5,000 holders of '' heimatrecht'' in the village. The ''heimatrecht'' is similar to

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in other countries, and the ''heimatort'' is used on Swiss passports. A person maintains their ''heimatort'' regardless of whether they have ever lived in the municipality. The reason for the high number of ''heimatrecht'' holders is that the village sold the ''heimatrecht'', which conferred local citizenry (and thus Swiss citizenship) to help make up for the low village income. The parish was created in 1787 when the village split away from the Russo parish. The Church of SS Peter and Paul was built in 1676. The present population is made up of retirees and commuters who work in the Onsernone valley and in the

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of Locarno.

Russo

During the Ancien Régime, Russo belonged to the ''Squadra'' of Russo, part of the old municipality of Onsernone. The parish was probably created in 1656, when it separated from Loco. It included Comologno until 1715, Vergeletto until 1757, and Crana until 1787. The

of S. Maria Assunta is first mentioned in 1365, and was renovated in 1995–2002. Until about the mid-20th century, agriculture, animal husbandry and

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were the main sources of income in the village. This was supplemented by the traditional

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. While the number of inhabitants had decreased consistently over the decades, it began increasing in the 1970s. In 1989, the opening of the ''Centro sociale onsernonese'' nursing home provided a few dozen jobs in the village.

Vergeletto

In the

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Vergeletto belonged to the Onsernone '' Vicinanza'' and to the ''squadra'' of Russo. In 1803 the municipality of Vergeletto also included the municipality of Gresso, both municipalities separated into independent municipalities in 1882. Vergeletto was part of the parish of Russo until 1757, when it became an autonomous parish.

Gresso

The discovery of a Roman tomb from the 1st-2nd Century AD, with pottery and coins, proves that Gresso was part of the outer-most reaches of the

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of Muralto. The modern village of Gresso is first mentioned in 1316 as ''Agrassio''. Until 1803, Gresso was part of the ''Squadra'' of Russo, one of five ''Squadre'', that formed the

community of Onsernone. The village church has always been part of the

. The Chapel of S. Orsola was built in 1703 and rebuilt in 1730. It was renovated in the late 20th century. The village didn't have a drivable road until 1885. The local economy was based on agriculture, animal husbandry, and, for a time, emigration. Most of the population is elderly, the few younger residents have either moved away or commute to

Mosogno

Mosogno is first mentioned in 1277 as ''Mosogno''. In 1352 it was mentioned as ''Muxognio''. In the

, it was one of the five ''Squadre'' that made up the community of Onsernone. It became an independent municipality in 1803. The church of S. Bernardo was built along the road in 1596. It became

and center of its own

after it separated from

in 1685. The settlement of Mosogno Sotto has had the Chapel St. Maria Addolorata since 1684. In 1657 the chapel of S. Maria della Natività was built in Bairon, while in Chiosso the chapel of S. Giacomo was built in the second half of the 17th century. The decline of the straw factory, emigration and recent migration to urban centers, have led to a steady decline in population since the late 19th century.

Auressio

Auressio is first mentioned in 1233 as ''Oraxio''. Until the 19th century, the village had much closer ties to

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than to the rest of the Onsernone valley. The construction of the road through the valley in the 19th century brought it closer to the rest of the valley. The church of S. Antonio Abate was finished in 1526 and became the center of an independent

in 1792 after it separated from Loco. After World War II farming and grazing were almost abandoned and replaced by short-term, seasonal emigration. The improved transport links to the nearby town of

increased Auressio's attractiveness as a place to live for those that were employed in Locarno. This led to a clear population increase in recent years. One notable building in Auressio is the Villa Edera, which was built in 1887, for the

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Paolo Antonio Calzonio. It was restored in the early 1990s by the municipality and is now used as a hostel.

Berzona

Berzona is first mentioned in 1265 as ''Berzona''. The village section of Seghelina is located directly on the main road, while the main village of Berzona is above the road. During the

it was part of the ''Squadra'' of Onsernone. The church of S. Defendente was built in 1564 and became a

when it separated from Loco in 1777. The section of Seghelina has the chapels of Santa Maria (1682) and S. Maria Lauretana (1766). The political municipality was created at the same time as the Canton of Ticino in 1803. After World War II, much of the village population emigrated and sold their properties to outsiders. Many people who bought houses in Berzona were well known personalities from the arts and culture, such as

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and

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. Today, the village is shrinking as few jobs in farming and grazing remain and most of the working population have moved to Locarno.

Loco

Loco is first mentioned in 1224 as ''Loco'' and was also known as ''Luogo''. Loco also contained the

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of Niva and Rossa. From the

until the end of the

Loco was the capital of the old Onsernone valley community. Mulino di Loco

The

of San Remigio was the mother church of the valley and ancient seat of the

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of Onsernone valley. It is first mentioned in 1228 (in the municipal archives), but is probably older. In the early 16th century it was rebuilt and acquired its current steeple. It houses the Holy Cross chapel with an ancient, venerated cross relic. The church is also the home of a Last Supper painting by the

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painter Godefridus Maes from 1683. In the hamlet of Niva, there is a late

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chapel of St. John Nepomuk. The chapel in Sassello is from the late 17th century and is dedicated to the Madonna of Re. In the 19th century, Loco was a center of the straw braiding for hats, bags and other articles. The straw braids that were used for this purpose were produced in the other villages of the Onsernone valley. In addition to the typical houses with balconies, a number of aristocratic mansions are located in the village. These include the Casa Broggini (built 1708) in Rossa. The

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for the area is located in Loco, along with the Onsernonese Museum (opened 1966) and the renovated retirement home of the Onsernone valley. Near Loco, in a restored mill, there is a permanent exhibition on the grain milling in the area. Casa Shira (built in the 19th century, now owned by the community) has a small public library and a hostel. At the beginning of the 21st century, the majority of the workers commuted to Locarno.

Geography

After the 2016 merger Onsernone had an area of . Before the merger Onsernone had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 5.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 83.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 9.7% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Regional portraits
accessed 2 May 2016 The municipality is located in the Locarno district, in the lower Onsernone valley, about from Locarno. It consists of the villages of Comologno, Crana and Russo as well as the settlements of Vocaglia, Corbella, Cappellino and Spruga. It was formed in 1995 from the three formerly independent villages. The drawn out merger process began in the 1970s.

Demographics

Onsernone has a population () of . , 5.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -11.2%. Most of the population () speaks

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(79.5%), with

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being second most common (14.9%) and

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being third (4.0%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 09-December-2010 Of the Swiss national languages (), 48 speak

, 13 people speak

, 256 people speak

. The remainder (5 people) speak another language.Popolazione residente, secondo la lingua principale e la religione, nel 2000
accessed 23 November 2010 , the gender distribution of the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. The population was made up of 134 Swiss men (45.4% of the population), and 6 (2.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 145 Swiss women (49.2%), and 10 (3.4%) non-Swiss women. In there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 5 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 2 people. This represents a

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of -0.3%. The age distribution, , in Onsernone is; 14 children or 4.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 23 teenagers or 7.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 30 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 19 people or 6.4% are between 30 and 39, 34 people or 11.5% are between 40 and 49, and 61 people or 20.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 48 people or 16.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 34 people or 11.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 32 people or 10.8% who are over 80.01.02.03 Popolazione residente permanente
accessed 23 November 2010 , there were 147 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. there were 337 single family homes (or 75.7% of the total) out of a total of 445 inhabited buildings. There were 61 two family buildings (13.7%) and 27 multi-family buildings (6.1%). There were also 20 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.85%. there were 582 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 3 room apartment of which there were 150. There were 86 single room apartments and 90 apartments with five or more rooms.09.02.02 Abitazioni
accessed 23 November 2010 Of these apartments, a total of 147 apartments (25.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 429 apartments (73.7%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (1.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The historical population is given in the following tables: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:3500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:600 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:120 start:0 Colors= id:ON value:yellowgreen legend:Onsernone id:VE value:green legend:Vergeletto id:GR value:blue legend:Gresso id:MO value:red legend:Mosogno id:IS value:yellow legend:Isorno PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:927 text:"927" color:ON bar:1860 from: 0 till:1100 text:"1100" color:ON bar:1870 from: 0 till:1280 text:"1280" color:ON bar:1880 from: 0 till:1284 text:"1284" color:ON bar:1888 from: 0 till:1267 text:"1267" color:ON bar:1900 from: 0 till:1175 text:"1175" color:ON bar:1910 from: 0 till:1046 text:"1046" color:ON bar:1920 from: 0 till:970 text:"970" color:ON bar:1930 from: 0 till:865 text:"865" color:ON bar:1941 from: 0 till:789 text:"789" color:ON bar:1950 from: 0 till:732 text:"732" color:ON bar:1960 from: 0 till:465 text:"465" color:ON bar:1970 from: 0 till:367 text:"367" color:ON bar:1980 from: 0 till:324 text:"324" color:ON bar:1990 from: 0 till:327 text:"327" color:ON bar:2000 from: 0 till:322 text:"322" color:ON bar:1850 from: 927 till:1383 text:"456" color:VE bar:1860 from: 1100 till:1664 text:"564" color:VE bar:1870 from: 1280 till:1951 text:"671" color:VE bar:1880 from: 1284 till:1998 text:"714" color:VE bar:1888 from: 1267 till:1677 text:"410" color:VE bar:1900 from: 1175 till:1546 text:"371" color:VE bar:1910 from: 1046 till:1388 text:"342" color:VE bar:1920 from: 970 till:1274 text:"304" color:VE bar:1930 from: 865 till:1186 text:"321" color:VE bar:1941 from: 789 till:1070 text:"281" color:VE bar:1950 from: 732 till:987 text:"255" color:VE bar:1960 from: 465 till:679 text:"214" color:VE bar:1970 from: 367 till:515 text:"148" color:VE bar:1980 from: 324 till:434 text:"110" color:VE bar:1990 from: 327 till:409 text:"82" color:VE bar:2000 from: 322 till:387 text:"65" color:VE bar:1888 from: 1677 till:1967 text:"290" color:GR bar:1900 from: 1546 till:1824 text:"278" color:GR bar:1910 from: 1388 till:1603 text:"215" color:GR bar:1920 from: 1274 till:1501 text:"227" color:GR bar:1930 from: 1186 till:1373 text:"187" color:GR bar:1941 from: 1070 till:1210 text:"140" color:GR bar:1950 from: 987 till:1126 text:"139" color:GR bar:1960 from: 679 till:775 text:"96" color:GR bar:1970 from: 515 till:583 text:"68" color:GR bar:1980 from: 434 till:495 text:"61" color:GR bar:1990 from: 409 till:457 text:"48" color:GR bar:2000 from: 387 till:422 text:"35" color:GR bar:1850 from: 1383 till:1690 text:"307" color:MO bar:1860 from: 1664 till:1997 text:"333" color:MO bar:1870 from: 1951 till:2316 text:"365" color:MO bar:1880 from: 1998 till:2345 text:"347" color:MO bar:1888 from: 1967 till:2279 text:"312" color:MO bar:1900 from: 1824 till:2104 text:"280" color:MO bar:1910 from: 1603 till:1830 text:"227" color:MO bar:1920 from: 1501 till:1669 text:"168" color:MO bar:1930 from: 1373 till:1510 text:"137" color:MO bar:1941 from: 1210 till:1329 text:"119" color:MO bar:1950 from: 1126 till:1267 text:"141" color:MO bar:1960 from: 775 till:848 text:"73" color:MO bar:1970 from: 583 till:654 text:"71" color:MO bar:1980 from: 495 till:552 text:"57" color:MO bar:1990 from: 457 till:521 text:"64" color:MO bar:2000 from: 422 till:479 text:"57" color:MO bar:1850 from: 1690 till:2723 text:"1033" color:IS bar:1860 from: 1997 till:3262 text:"1265" color:IS bar:1870 from: 2316 till:3470 text:"1154" color:IS bar:1880 from: 2345 till:3383 text:"1038" color:IS bar:1888 from: 2279 till:3219 text:"940" color:IS bar:1900 from: 2104 till:2821 text:"717" color:IS bar:1910 from: 1830 till:2450 text:"620" color:IS bar:1920 from: 1669 till:2220 text:"551" color:IS bar:1930 from: 1510 till:2023 text:"513" color:IS bar:1941 from: 1329 till:1738 text:"409" color:IS bar:1950 from: 1267 till:1685 text:"418" color:IS bar:1960 from: 848 till:1183 text:"335" color:IS bar:1970 from: 654 till:994 text:"340" color:IS bar:1980 from: 552 till:895 text:"343" color:IS bar:1990 from: 521 till:887 text:"366" color:IS bar:2000 from: 479 till:852 text:"373" color:IS

Heritage sites of national significance

The Palazzo Della Barca and the Museo Onsernonese are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The villages of Comologno, Russo, Gresso, Mosogno di sotto, Auressio, Berzona and Loco are part of the

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Politics

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP with 36.0% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (24.3%), the CVP (18.0%) and a party or parties listed as other (6.6%). In the federal election, a total of 120 votes were cast, and the

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was 35.5%. In the

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the most popular party was the SP which received 29.95% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (27%), the CVP (16.98%) and the SVP (12.62%). In the federal election, a total of 116 votes were cast, and the

was 30.3%. In the '' Gran Consiglio'' election, there were a total of 312 registered voters in Onsernone, of which 131 or 42.0% voted. 1 blank ballot and 1 null ballot was cast, leaving 129 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PS which received 44 or 34.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 27 or 20.9%), the SSI (with 26 or 20.2%) and the LEGA (with 17 or 13.2%).Elezioni cantonali: Gran Consiglio, Consiglio di Stato
accessed 23 November 2010 In the ''Consiglio di Stato'' election, 1 null ballot was cast, leaving 130 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PS which received 43 or 33.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 26 or 20.0%), the PLRT (with 26 or 20.0%) and the LEGA (with 22 or 16.9%).

Economy

, Onsernone had an unemployment rate of 3.18%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people were employed in the

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and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 90 people were employed in the

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, with 13 businesses in this sector. There were 124 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 32.3% of the workforce. , there were 32 workers who commuted into the municipality and 44 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 12.5% of the workforce coming into Onsernone are coming from outside Switzerland.Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 6.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 50% used a private car. , there was one hotel in Onsernone.

Religion

From the , 232 or 72.0% were

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, while 18 or 5.6% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. There are 58 individuals (or about 18.01% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 14 individuals (or about 4.35% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Onsernone about 68.7% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). In Onsernone there were a total of 36 students (). The Ticino

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provides up to three years of non-mandatory

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and in Onsernone there were 5 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the village, 10 students attended the standard primary schools and 2 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education. There were 9 students in the two-year middle school, while 1 students were in the four-year advanced program. The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 2 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 6 who attend part-time. The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program. , there were 15 students from Onsernone who attended schools outside the municipality.

Crime

In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the

Swiss Criminal Code , french: Code pénal suisse (CP), it, Codice penale svizzero (CP), rm, Cudesch penal svizzer , citation = , territorial_extent = Switzerland , enacted_by = Federal Assembly of Switzerland , date_enacted = 20 Decemb ...

(running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Onsernone was 51 per thousand residents, slightly lower than the national average (64.6 per thousand). During the same period, the rate of drug crimes and violations of immigration, visa and work permit was 0 per thousand residents.Statistical Atlas of Switzerland
accessed 5 April 2016

Weather

The Mosogno weather station has an average of 104.8 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is September during which time Mosogno receives an average of of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 7.7 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.6, but with only of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is December with an average of of precipitation over 5.6 days., the weather station elevation is 760 meters above sea level.

References

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