{{for|the town in Italy|Intragna, Piedmont}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Intragna | municipality_type = former | image_photo = Intragna.jpg | image_caption = View from the surrounding mountains | imagepath_coa = Intragna-coat_of_arms.svg | imagepath_flag = Flag of Intragna.gif | canton = Ticino | iso-code-region = CH-TI | district = [[Locarno (district)|Locarno]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|11|N|8|42|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6655 | municipality_code = 5111 | area = 24.1 | elevation = 366|elevation_description= | population = 885|populationof = December 2004 | popofyear = 2004 | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Ascona]], [[Borgnone]], [[Brissago]], [[Cavigliano]], [[Isorno]], [[Losone]], [[Mosogno]], [[Palagnedra]] | twintowns = |}} '''Intragna''' is a village and [[Frazione|locality]] in the municipality of [[Centovalli]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/it/home/grundlagen/agvch.html|title=Official List of Municipalities of Switzerland|last=statistica|first=Ufficio federale di|website=www.bfs.admin.ch|language=it|access-date=2019-02-09}}</ref> in the district of [[Locarno (district)|Locarno]] of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Ticino]] in [[Switzerland]].
Intragna has good railway connection with [[Locarno]], Switzerland and [[Domodossola]], Italy, as well as bus connections that lead to various [[hiking]] routes – several interesting paths begin or end in Intragna itself.
Intragna is an old town with ancient-style buildings and small narrow streets. It has artist workshops selling handmade lacework and ceramics, as well as several hotels. The church tower of Intragna is claimed to be the highest tower in Ticino.
==History== [[File:Belfry-intragna-switzerland.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Bell tower of S. Nome di Maria, the tallest in Ticino]] [[File:ETH-BIB-Intragna-LBS H1-025434.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1964)]] In 1897, several pre-[[Switzerland in the Roman era|Roman]] graves were discovered, which show the colonization of the area before the 1st millennium BC. The modern village of Intragna is first mentioned in 1272 as ''Intranea''.<ref name=HDS_Intragna>{{HDS|2106|Intragna}}</ref>
During the [[Middle Ages]] the landlords over the village included both the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Como|Bishop of Como]] and the ''Capitanei'' (noble families) of [[Locarno]]. Together with Golino and Verdasio, Intragna was part of a ''[[Bürgergemeinde|Vicinanza]]''. The first statutes of the ''Vicinanza'' were written in 1365 and were revised in 1469. They possessed the right to appoint one representative to the Council of the [[parish]] of Locarno. The mayor (or console) was alternately appointed during five years by Intragna, then by one provided by Golino and Verdasio. During the 16th to 18th centuries it was part of the [[bailiwick]] of Locarno. In 1531, the [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss Confederation]] rejected an application from Intragna, [[Ascona]], [[Onsernone]] and Centovalli to form a municipality that was independent of Locarno. Likewise, the conflict-ridden attempts of Golino to form an independent municipality failed in the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref name=HDS_Intragna/>
Originally, the religious center of the region was Golino with the Church of San Giorgio, which was built before 1297. In 1474, the chapel of S. Gottardo in Intragna was built. In 1653 it split from the [[parish]] of Golino (which had been created in the 16th century). The parish of Intragna was elevated to have a [[Provost (religion)|provost]] in 1747. The present church of S. Nome di Maria was built in 1722–38. In 1765–75 the bell tower was added, and with a height of {{convert|65|m|ft}} it is the highest in the canton of Ticino. The parish of Palagnedra was established in the 12th century, and in 1622 Verdasio split from it, followed in 1644 by Rasa. The latter has had a [[Rector (ecclesiastical)#Ecclesiastical rectors|rector]] since 2000. The church of S. Anna in Rasa was completed in 1753, while the church in Verdasio (SS Giacomo e Cristoforo), was built around 1800.<ref name=HDS_Intragna/>
Traditionally, the major sources of income have always been farming and animal husbandry. But in the 1950s, these lost importance. Starting in the 16th century, the income from seasonal migration (especially [[chimney sweep]] in [[Lombardy]] and [[Piedmont]]) were added to the local economy. Between 1631 and 1847 the people of Rasa (along with Ronco, Losone and Terre di Pedemonte) possessed the monopoly for loading operations at the [[Custom house|Custom House]] of Livorno. In the second half of the 19th century there was a strong emigration overseas (America, Australia). The local industrial production; watch factory, the quarry, the carpentry factory and the Peduli factory (cloth shoes with hemp soles from the early 20th century to 1962) came to a halt in the 1960s.
[[File:Centovalli Railway.jpg|thumb|Intragna train station]] Between 1889 and 1893, the main road was built, followed in 1923 by a station on the [[Domodossola–Locarno railway|Domodossola – Locarno railway line]]. Pila and Costa (1953) and Rasa (since 1958) are accessible only by [[Aerial lift|cable car]]. In 1929, an old-age and nursing home opened in San Donato. Intragna is the seat of the Regional Museum for the Centovalli and Terre di Pedemonte, which opened in 1989. While the population in the higher settlements has declined sharply (Rasa: 200 inhabitants at the beginning of the 16th century, while only 11 in 1970), Intragna and Golino, due to their proximity to Locarno, have grown since 1970. In 2000, two-thirds of the employed worked in the services sector, and about the same numbers commuted out of the municipality for work.<ref name=HDS_Intragna/>
Intragna was formerly a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]]. On 25 October 2009 Intragna merged with the municipalities of [[Borgnone]] and [[Palagnedra]] to re-form the [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] of [[Centovalli]].<ref name="fusion">{{Cite report|url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf|title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009|publisher=Federal Statistical Office|docket=2771|access-date=6 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf|year=2009|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2010}}</ref>
==Location== The former municipality is in the Locarno district. The [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] on a promontory at the confluence of the Isorno and [[Melezzo Orientale|Melezza]] rivers. Golino, Verdasio, Pila, Vosa, Cremaso, Calezzo, Costa, Corcapolo and Rasa are ''[[frazione]]''s of Intragna. While Intragna and Golino are geographically and economically part of the Pedemonte (Tegna, Verscio, Cavigliano), the largest part of the township lies in the mountains and the alpine pastures of Centovalli.
==Historic population== The historical population is given in the following table: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population<br />Intragna<ref name=HDS_Intragna/> |- | 1653 | 604 |- | 1764 | over 1,000 |- | 1801 | 936 |- | 1850 | 1,428 |- | 1900 | 1,240 |- | 1950 | 957 |- | 1970 | 841 |- | 2000 | 915 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Intragna (Switzerland)}} * {{HDS|2106|Intragna}} * [http://www.intragna.ch/ Official website]
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