Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Muralto, 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 municipality of Muralto is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located along Lake Maggiore and bordering the Rabissale and Ramogna streams. Muralto (as of 1997) had an area of 0.6 km² (0.23 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 71.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 3.3% - forested
 * 93.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.7% - unproductive land

History
The municipality of Muralto was created in 1881 from Orselina.

In 1235, Muralto was first mentioned with the name of Muralto. Originally, it consisted of the Muralto, San Vittore and Burbaglio hamlets. In 1881, Muralto split from Orselina. Muralto is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton.

The population history of Muralto is: 1850 - 782 inhabitants 1888 - 1,019 inhabitants 1900 - 1,502 inhabitants 1910 - 1,950 inhabitants 1950 - 2,673 inhabitants 1970 - 3,090 inhabitants 2000 - 2,676 inhabitants 2017 - 2,861 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 64.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 13.6% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 17.3% belong to another church

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Muralto was recorded under Orselina; it can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Muralto 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)