Capriasca

Capriasca is a municipality of the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Capriasca
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Capriasca
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Coordinates: 46°4′N 8°58′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Lugano
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco Andrea Pellegrinelli
Area [1]
• Total	35.3 km2 (13.6 sq mi)
Elevation	529 m (1,736 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	6,707
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6950 Campestro 6950 Tesserete 6950 Vaglio 6953 Lugaggia 6954 Sala Capriasca 6955 Cagiallo 6956 Lopagno 6957 Roveredo Capriasca 6958 Bidogno 6958 Corticiasca
SFOS number	5226
Localities	Albumo, Almatro, Bettagno, Bidogno, Bigorio, Cagiallo, Carusio, Campestro, Corticiasca, Cozzo, Lelgio, Lopagno, Lugaggia, Lupo, Odogno, Oggio, Pezzolo, Roveredo Capriasca, Sala Capriasca, San Matteo-Muralta, Sarone, Somazzo, Sureggio, Tesserete, Treggia, Vaglio
Surrounded by	Bidogno, Camignolo, Comano, Isone, Lugaggia, Medeglia, Mezzovico-Vira, Origlio, Ponte Capriasca, Sigirino, Sonvico, Valcolla
Website	www.capriasca.ch SFSO statistics

History

Capriasca was created on 15 October 2001 by a merger of the former municipalities of Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio. On 20 April 2008 the former municipalities of Bidogno, Corticiasca and Lugaggia joined together and became the municipality of Capriasca.^[3]