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Also known as Miglieglia TI

Miglieglia (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 6 April 2025, the former municipalities of Astano, Bedigliora, Curio, Miglieglia and Novaggio merged to form the new municipality of Lema.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Miglieglia
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Miglieglia-coat of arms.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Miglieglia Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Ticino
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-TI
Swiss town.district
Lugano
Swiss town.postal_code
6986
Swiss town.municipality_code
5200
Swiss town.area
5.13
Swiss town.elevation
717
Swiss town.population
260
Swiss town.populationof
December 2004
Swiss town.popofyear
2004
Swiss town.website
www.miglieglia.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title
Sindaco
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Alto Malcantone, Aranno, Curiglia con Monteviasco (IT-VA), Dumenza (IT-VA), Novaggio

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Benvenuti nel Comune di Lema - Comune di Lema

Sito ufficiale del Comune di Lema, Ticino, Svizzera, nato dall'aggregazione dei Comuni di Astano, Bedigliora, Curio, Miglieglia e Novaggio

miglieglia.ch

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References

Miglieglia (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 6 April 2025, the former municipalities of Astano, Bedigliora, Curio, Miglieglia and Novaggio merged to form the new municipality of Lema.

==History== Numerous, but inconclusive archaeological findings indicate that there may have been a Roman era settlement near the current municipality. On a promontory overlooking the river Magliasina are the ruins known as Castello di Miglieglia. These ruins were interpreted as remnants of an extensive fortification from the late Classical period. Although is in not confirmed archaeologically, it is likely that the ruins are the remains of a fortified refuge, which was destroyed by the Milanese in 1156 during the conquest of the Diocese of Como.

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

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