Tegna

Geschichte

Tegna is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cavigliano, Tegna and Verscio merged on 14 April 2013 into the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte.GeographyBefore the merger, Tegna had a total area of 2.9km2. Of this area, 0.34km2 or 11.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.72km2 or 59.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.47km2 or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14km2 or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.51km2 or 17.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 55.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.0% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 15.2% is unproductive vegetation and 2.4% is too rocky for vegetation.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a cross gules and in canton a bar azure embowed in base.DemographicsTegna had a population of 749., 13.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has changed at a rate of 7.9%.