Quinto Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Quinto 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, Quinto has an area of 75.2 square kilometers (29.0 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Leventina district, along both sides of the upper Leventina valley. The borders stretch all the way from the mountain peaks above the valley, at an elevation of over 2,800 m (9,200 ft), to the valley at 1,011 m (3,317 ft). It includes the village of Quinto and the village sections of Altanca, Ambrì, Catto, Deggio, Piotta and Varenzo. The municipalities of Airolo and Quinto are contemplating a merger sometime in the future into a new municipality which will be known as Airolo-Quinto.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 5.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 27.0% - forested
 * 2.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 3.6% - rivers or lakes
 * 37.0% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Quinto was in 1227 as Quinto.

The population history of Quinto is: 1639 - 608 inhabitants 1745 - 1099 inhabitants 1850 - 1382 inhabitants 1900 - 1221 inhabitants 1950 - 1245 inhabitants 1970 - 1490 inhabitants 2000 - 1057 inhabitants 2010 - 1006 inhabitants

Quinto originally was part of the parish of Biasca, but had already divided into an independent parish before the 12th Century. The parish church of Santi Pietro e Paolo was first recorded in 1227, but dates from the 8th-9th Century. The Romanesque building, extended several times, was completely rebuilt in 1681.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Quinto does not survive..

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Quinto 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)