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Muggio

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The Municipality of Muggio occupies a bowl-shaped area at the end of the Muggio Valley, and includes the hamlets of Scudellate, Roncapiano and Muggiasca, which all have their own schools.

According to popular tradition the village’s name originated from the dialect “mücc” (“mucchio” or “pile”), a reference to the agglomeration of houses in the heart of the village.

In the last century, Muggio’s population was drastically reduced by two-thirds, from 652 inhabitants in 1900 to 206 in 2000. In the same period, there were less than a dozen inhabitants of Roncapiano, where the cantonal road peters out into a footpath and mule track. The peculiarities of Muggio – like the other old villages that formed the Municipality of Breggia in 2009 – have earned it an entry in ISOS, the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites and since 2016 it is part of the association of the most beautiful Villages in Switzerland.

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2'724'506E 1'084'693N

45.902395, 9.042952

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45°54'08.6"N 9°02'34.6"E

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Muggio

Cancelleria comunale, Piazza dal Cumün
6838 Muggio
E-mail: info@comunebreggia.ch

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