Faido
Sign in to saveFaido (; ) is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Faido
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Faido.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Waterfall near Faido village
- Swiss town.image_flag
- CHE Faido Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Faido-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Leventina
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6760
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5072
- Swiss town.area
- 25.4
- Swiss town.elevation
- 711
- Swiss town.population
- 1522
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.faido.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Corrado Nastasi
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Historic Population
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Weather
- Education
- Crime
- Transport
- References
- External links
Faido (; ) is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
On 29 January 2006, Faido grew by incorporating the villages of Chiggiogna, Rossura, and Calonico.