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Faido
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Also known as Faido TI

Faido (; ) 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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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faido” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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