Cavigliano Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cavigliano Parish, Ticino, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Cavigliano is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton and located at the entrance to the Onsemone valley on the rail line through Centovalli. Cavigliano has an area of 5.5 km² (2.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 7.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 67.3% - forested
 * 5.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.7% - rivers & lakes
 * 19.0% - non-productive

History
In 1213, Cavigliano was first mentioned as Caveliano. Then mentioned as Caviano in 1591. Cavigliano formed an independent municipality in 1464 and evolved into a political municipality in 1803. Cavigliano merged into a new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte on 14 April 2013. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Tegna
 * Verscio

The population history of Cavigliano is: 1591 - 300 inhabitants 1850 - 258 inhabitants 1900 - 225 inhabitants 1950 - 312 inhabitants 1990 - 515 inhabitants 2000 - 646 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 66.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 13.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 17.2% belong to another church

In the 16th century, the Church of Saint Michele was the village church. In 1850, the Catholic parish of Cavigliano was created when it separated from Verscio.

Census
(See here for information regarding Ticino census records.)

The 1808 Ticino census for Cavigliano can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cavigliano prior to 1875, along with any known soprannomi. For more information about soprannomi, click here.

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Ticino

Societies
Società Genealogica della Svizzera Italiana (SGSI)