Iragna Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Iragna 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, Iragna has an area of 18.39 square kilometers (7.10 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Riviera district, on the right bank of the Ticino river.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 4.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 67.0% - forested
 * 4.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.6% - rivers or lakes
 * 19.7% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Iragna was in 1210 as Inagna.

The following municipalities merged on On 2 April 2017 into the new municipality of Riviera:
 * Cresciano
 * Iragna
 * Lodrino
 * Osogna

The population history of Iragna is: 1567 - 400 inhabitants 1801 - 209 inhabitants 1850 - 374 inhabitants 1900 - 344 inhabitants 1950 - 260 inhabitants 2000 - 491 inhabitants 2010 - 566 inhabitants 2016 - 561 inhabitants

Iragna was one of the ten village cooperatives (Vicini) that formed the municipalities of the Leventina. It was part of the valley community until 1441 when the entire Levantine along with Lodrino and its hamlets were conquered by Uri. Then Iragna became part of the Vicariate of the dukes of Milan, headed by one of the long-established citizens (vicini) self-elected magistrate. The church of Santi Eusebio e Gaudenzio has been documented since 1210.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Iragna can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Iragna 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)