Corippo Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Corippo 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
Corippo is located above the lake on the western slope of the Verzasca valley. Corippo has an area of 7.73 km² (2.98 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 0.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 64.0% - forested
 * 0.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 4.3% - rivers & lakes
 * 23.4% - non-productive

History
In 1224, Corippo was first mentioned as Culipo. In 1374, Corippo was known as Quorippo. Corippo is a mountain village in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton at the north end of the Logomo lake in the Verzasca valley. Corippo merged into a new municipality of Verzasca on 17 October 2020. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Brione (Verzasca)
 * Frasco
 * Sonogno
 * Vogorno

The population history of Corippo is: 1669 - 41 inhabitants 1795 - 269 inhabitants 1850 - 294 inhabitants 1900 - 196 inhabitants 1950 - 73 inhabitants 2000 - 22 inhabitants 2010 - 12 inhabitants 2018 - 12 inhabitants 2019 - 9 inhabitants (smallest municipality in Switzerland)

From the early 17th century, The Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation served the village and was enlarged in the late 18th century. In 1782, Corippo became a parish. Spiritual needs are provided by Vogorno since 1917.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Corippo can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Corippo 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)