Fescoggia
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Fescoggia is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
It was first recorded in year 1296 as Fescozia.
The municipality had 131 inhabitants in 1801, which increased to 177 in 1850. It then dropped to 149 in 1900, 83 in 1950 and 72 in 1980. It then varied somewhat, to 105 in 1990 and 88 in 2000.
In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Arosio, Breno, Mugena and Vezio to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone.
[edit] References
- Fescoggia in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
