Cadenazzo Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cadenazzo 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
As of 1997, Cadenazzo has an area of 8.37 square kilometers (3.23 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Bellinzona district, along a road along the north foot of the Monte Ceneri.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 29.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 24.5% - forested
 * 14.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.3% - rivers or lakes
 * 1.2% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Cadenazzo is in 1335 as Catenacii when the hospitallis de Cadenazio was mentioned.

On 13 March 2005, the formerly independent municipality of Robasacco merged into Cadenazzo.

The population history of Cadenazzo is: 1698 - 191 inhabitants 1784 - 200 inhabitants 1850 - 216 inhabitants 1900 - 333 inhabitants 1950 - 621 inhabitants 1990 - 1500 inhabitants 2000 - 1755 inhabitants

The chapel of San Pietro Martire in Cadenazzo may have been built in the 13th Century, but the earliest record of the chapel is from 1363. However, the chapel has not survived into the modern era and its location is missing. In 1442, Cadenazzo separated from the mother church of Bellinzona and united with the parish of the neighboring village of S. Antonino. They remained part of a joint parish until 1830 when Cadenzaao separated.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cadenazzo can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cadenazzo 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)