Sigirino
Sign in to saveSigirino is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Medeglia, Bironico, Camignolo, Rivera and Sigirino merged on 21 November 2010 into the new municipality of Monteceneri.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Sigirino
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Sigirino-coat_of_arms.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Sigirino.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Lugano
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6806
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5223
- Swiss town.area
- 8.71
- Swiss town.elevation
- 470
- Swiss town.population
- 596
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2009
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2009
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Alto Malcantone, Capriasca, Indemini, Mezzovico-Vira, Ponte Capriasca, Rivera, Torricella-Taverne, Vira (Gambarogno)
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Sigirino is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Medeglia, Bironico, Camignolo, Rivera and Sigirino merged on 21 November 2010 into the new municipality of Monteceneri.
==History== Sigirino is first mentioned in 1335 as Sezelino. In the Middle Ages, Sigirino belonged to the territory of the Carvina valley community. Carvina included all the villages in the upper Vedeggio valley and its secular and religious capital was Bironico. In a land register of 1296, Como Cathedral possessed lands, pastures, forests, farmland and land with houses in Sigirino. It is likely that at that time Sigirino possessed some type of fortifications.