Faido

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

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

 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.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office  accessed 23 May 2012 On 10 April 2016, Sobrio merged into the municipality.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office  accessed 27 April 2016

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official website