Mairengo Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mairengo 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, Mairengo has an area of 6.65 square kilometers (2.57 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Leventina district, on a terrace on the left side of the mid-Leventina valley. It includes the village of Mairengo and the hamlets of Tortengo, Raslina and Polmengo.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 4.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 39.8% - forested
 * 3.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.1% - rivers or lakes
 * 37.9% - unproductive land

On 1 April 2012, Mairengo was incorporated into the municipality of Faido along with the following municipalities:
 * Anzonico
 * Calpiogna
 * Campello
 * Cavagnago
 * Chironico
 * Osco

History
The first mention of Mairengo is in 1201 as Mairencho.

The population history of Mairengo is: 1567 - 34 households 1745 - 163 inhabitants 1850 - 170 inhabitants 1900 - 198 inhabitants 1950 - 189 inhabitants 1980 - 375 inhabitants 2000 - 272 inhabitants 2010 - 562 inhabitants 2011 - 488 inhabitants

In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Degagna Tarnolgio, which in turn depended on the Vicinanza (neighborhood) Faido, whose annual assemblies were alternately held twice in Mairengo and once in Faido. Faido, Osco, Calpiogna and Campello were also included in the parish of Mairengo. Listed in 1171 and transformed in the 16th century, the Church of San Siro was the most important in the middle of Leventina. The current building was restored in 2001 and still retains traces of the old Romanesque church (façade).

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Mairengo can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mairengo 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)