Monteggio
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Monteggio is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 18 April 2021 the municipalities of Croglio, Monteggio, Ponte Tresa and Sessa merged to form Tresa.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Monteggio
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Monteggio-coat_of_arms.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Monteggio.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Lugano
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6998
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5202
- Swiss town.area
- 3.36
- Swiss town.elevation
- 420
- Swiss town.population
- 849
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2019
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2019
- Swiss town.website
- www.monteggio.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Sindaco
- Swiss town.places
- Bosco, Bruciata, Busino, Cassinone, Castello, Crocivaglio, Fonderia, Fornasette, Genestraio, Isole, Lisora, Molinazzo, Persico, Pirla, Ponte Cremenaga, Ramello, Rancina, Ressiga, Roncaccio, Ronchetto, Rovedera, Selvacce, Suino, Termine, and Tiradelsa
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Cadegliano-Viconago (Italy), Cremenaga (Italy), Croglio, Dumenza (Italy), Luino (Italy), Sessa
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Monteggio
- Population
- 869
- Area
- 3.36
- Elevation
- 420
- Official website
- www.monteggio.ch
- Dialing code
- 091
- Licence plate code
- TI
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- postal code
- 6996
- Commons category
- Monteggio
- P8168
- Jean-Pierre Lévy
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5202
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Monteggio is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 18 April 2021 the municipalities of Croglio, Monteggio, Ponte Tresa and Sessa merged to form Tresa.
==History== Monteggio is first mentioned in 1466 as da Montegio. Until 1819 the current village core was called Albio. The name comes from the fortified seat of the Capitanei of Sessa, the ruins of which are on the site of the Chapel of S. Adalberto (first mentioned in 1428) located in Castello. During the Middle Ages the history of Monteggio was closely connected to the Sessa family. The communities in the Valley of Tresa (Monteggio, Ponte Tresa and Croglio) were given special privileges, because they had special military and defensive obligations. The tax exemptions granted in the 14th century by the Duke of Milan were reconfirmed in 1513 by the Swiss Confederation.
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