Faido

Faido is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.

Faido
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Faido
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Coordinates: 46°29′N 8°48′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Leventina
Government
• Mayor	Roland David
Area [1]
• Total	25.5 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
Elevation	711 m (2,333 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	2,903
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6760
SFOS number	5072
Localities	Chiggiogna, Rossura, Calonico
Surrounded by	Acquarossa, Anzonico, Blenio, Calpiogna, Campello, Chironico, Dalpe, Mairengo
Website	www.faido.ch SFSO statistics

It has about 1,600 people and lies in the Leventina valley.

Faido

History

The municipality was first noted in 1171 as Faedo.

In the spring of 2004, the people voted for merging the neighboring municipalities of Chiggiogna, Osco, Mairengo, Calpiogna, Campello, Rossura, Calonico, Anzonico, Cavagnago, and Sobrio. Most of the municipalities did not want to do that, and the new municipality contains only the municipalities of Faido, Chiggiogna, Rossura, and Calonico. On 1 April 2012, the former municipalities of Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico, Mairengo and Osco merged into the municipality.^[3] On 10 April 2016, Sobrio merged into the municipality.^[4]