Aquila, Switzerland

Aquila is a former municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Aquila
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Aquila
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Coordinates: 46°30′N 8°57′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Blenio
Municipality	Blenio
Area
• Total	63.00 km2 (24.32 sq mi)
Elevation	782 m (2,566 ft)
Population  (December 2004)
• Total	528
• Density	8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6719
SFOS number	5031
ISO 3166 code	CH-TI
Surrounded by	Acquarossa, Ghirone, Hinterrhein (GR), Malvaglia, Medel (Lucmagn) (GR), Olivone, Torre, Vals (GR), Vrin (GR)
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On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Aquila would merge with Campo Blenio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio. This union was carried through on 22 October 2006.^[1]

Aerial view (1953)

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following table:

Year	Population Aquila[2]
1602	600
1801	804
1850	1,040
1900	719
1950	627
2000	487