# Leontica

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'''Leontica''' is a village and former municipality in the [canton of Ticino](/source/canton_of_Ticino), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).
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It was first recorded in year 1204 as ''Levontega''.

The municipality also contained the village [Comprovasco](/source/Comprovasco). It had 315 inhabitants in 1602, which increased to 441 in 1808 and 473 in 1850. It then declined a bit, to 295 in 1900 and 408 in 1950. In 2000 the population had dropped to 267.

In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities [Castro](/source/Castro%2C_Ticino), [Corzoneso](/source/Corzoneso), [Dongio](/source/Dongio), [Largario](/source/Largario), [Lottigna](/source/Lottigna), [Marolta](/source/Marolta), [Ponto Valentino](/source/Ponto_Valentino) and [Prugiasco](/source/Prugiasco) to form a new and larger municipality [Acquarossa](/source/Acquarossa%2C_Switzerland).

In winter Leontica includes 30 km of ski pistes up to the Bassa di Nara pass (2,123 m).

==References==
*{{HDS|2055|Leontica}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nara.ch/index.php?lang=en Leontica/Nara ski area]

==External links==
*[http://www.leontica.ch Milizia storica di Leontica]
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Category:Acquarossa
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Category:Villages in Ticino
Category:Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland

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