Aquila, Switzerland

Former municipality in Ticino, Switzerland

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Location of Aquila

46°30′N 8°57′E / 46.500°N 8.950°E / 46.500; 8.950CountrySwitzerlandCantonTicinoDistrictBlenioMunicipalityBlenioArea

• Total63.00 km² (24.32 sq mi)Elevation

782 m (2,566 ft)Population

(December 2004)

• Total528 • Density8.4/km² (22/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)Postal code(s)

6719

SFOS number5031ISO 3166 codeCH-TISurrounded byAcquarossa, Ghirone, Hinterrhein (GR), Malvaglia, Medel (Lucmagn) (GR), Olivone, Torre, Vals (GR), Vrin (GR)Website

Aquila is a former municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Aquila would merge with Campo Blenio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio. This union was carried through on 22 October 2006.^[1]

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following table:

Year	Population Aquila^[2]
1602	600
1801	804
1850	1,040
1900	719
1950	627
2000	487

References

^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010
^ Aquila in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.