Lopagno, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lopagno, 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 former municipality of Lopagno is in the Ticino canton and is located in the Capriasca valley at the Val Colla entrance. It included the Treggia, Somazzo and Oggio hamlets.

History
In 1335, Lopagno was first mentioned as Lopagnio. Lopagno merged into a new municipality of Capriasca in 2001. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Cagiallo
 * Roveredo
 * Sala Capriasca
 * Tesserete
 * Vaglio

The population history of Lopagno is: 1574 - 117 inhabitants 1602 - 114 inhabitants 1638 - 93 inhabitants 1779 - 262 inhabitants 1850 - 410 inhabitants 1900 - 397 inhabitants 1950 - 359 inhabitants 1980 - 344 inhabitants 2000 - 496 inhabitants

The Sainte-Apollonie chapel was first mentioned in the 16th century. Lopagno is dependent on the Tesserete parish.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Lopagno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Lopagno prior to 1900, 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)