Lopagno

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Lopagno is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

It was first recorded in year 1335 as Lopagnio.

The municipality also contained the villages Treggia, Somazzo and Oggio. It had 117 inhabitants in 1574, but this declined to 114 in 1602 and 93 in 1638. This increased to 262 in 1779 and 410 in 1850, before another decrease to 397 in 1900, 359 in 1950 and 344 in 1980. In 2000 it had risen again, to 496.

In 2001 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.

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