Tegna
Encyclopedia
Tegna is a municipality
in the district of Locarno
in the canton
of Ticino
in Switzerland
.
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.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent a cross gules and in canton a bar azure embowed in base.
Most of the population speaks Italian
(77.6%), with German
being second most common (15.7%) and French
being third (2.9%). Of the Swiss national languages , 104 speak German, 19 people speak French, 513 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh. The remainder (24 people) speak another language.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 295 Swiss men (39.7% of the population), and 66 (8.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 350 Swiss women (47.1%), and 32 (4.3%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 3 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 11 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 0 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.5%.
The age distribution, , in Tegna is; 68 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 81 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 71 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 92 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 139 people or 18.7% are between 40 and 49, and 105 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 100 people or 13.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 7.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 4.2% who are over 80.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.6 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 57% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 274 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 209 single family homes (or 77.4% of the total) out of a total of 270 inhabited buildings. There were 34 two family buildings (12.6%) and 18 multi-family buildings (6.7%). There were also 9 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. there were 348 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 108. There were 18 single room apartments and 106 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 272 apartments (78.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 73 apartments (21.0%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (0.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 17.3 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following table:
buildings is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
.
the most popular party was the FDP
which received 35.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(18.36%), the SP
(17.43%) and the Ticino League
(11.99%). In the federal election, a total of 299 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 56.2%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 524 registered voters in Tegna, of which 322 or 61.5% voted. 4 blank ballots were cast, leaving 318 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT
which received 82 or 25.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PPD
+GenGiova (with 58 or 18.2%), the PS
(with 56 or 17.6%) and the SSI (with 53 or 16.7%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 2 blank ballots were cast, leaving 320 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 78 or 24.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PS (with 72 or 22.5%), the LEGA (with 59 or 18.4%) and the PPD (with 57 or 17.8%).
, there were 196 workers who commuted into the municipality and 214 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 21.4% of the workforce coming into Tegna are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 5.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 62.5% used a private car.
, there were 5 hotels in Tegna with a total of 40 rooms and 81 beds.
. There are 82 individuals (or about 12.41% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 34 individuals (or about 5.14% of the population) did not answer the question.
).
In Tegna there were a total of 137 students . The Ticino education system
provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten
and in Tegna there were 21 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the village, 41 students attended the standard primary schools and 3 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two year middle school followed by a two year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four year program to prepare for higher education. There were 41 students in the two year middle school, while 8 students were in the four year advanced program.
The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 5 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 17 who attend part-time.
The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program.
, there were 5 students in Tegna who came from another municipality, while 77 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Locarno
Locarno (district)
The district of Locarno is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of .-Geography:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Ticino
Ticino
Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Geography
Tegna has an area, , of 2.89 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 0.34 km² (0.131274733921462 sq mi) or 11.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.72 km² (0.66409571277916 sq mi) or 59.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km² (0.181468014538491 sq mi) or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km² (34.6 acre) or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.51 km² (0.196912100882193 sq mi) 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 arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Argent a cross gules and in canton a bar azure embowed in base.
Demographics
Tegna has a population of . , 13.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.9%.Most of the population speaks Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
(77.6%), with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
being second most common (15.7%) and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
being third (2.9%). Of the Swiss national languages , 104 speak German, 19 people speak French, 513 people speak Italian, and 1 person speaks Romansh. The remainder (24 people) speak another language.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 295 Swiss men (39.7% of the population), and 66 (8.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 350 Swiss women (47.1%), and 32 (4.3%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 5 live births to Swiss citizens and were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population decreased by 1. There were 3 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 11 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 0 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.5%.
The age distribution, , in Tegna is; 68 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 81 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 71 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 92 people or 12.4% are between 30 and 39, 139 people or 18.7% are between 40 and 49, and 105 people or 14.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 100 people or 13.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 7.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 31 people or 4.2% who are over 80.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.6 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 57% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 274 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. there were 209 single family homes (or 77.4% of the total) out of a total of 270 inhabited buildings. There were 34 two family buildings (12.6%) and 18 multi-family buildings (6.7%). There were also 9 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. there were 348 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 108. There were 18 single room apartments and 106 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 272 apartments (78.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 73 apartments (21.0%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (0.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 17.3 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 240 |
| 1900 | 225 |
| 1950 | 393 |
| 1970 | 412 |
| 1990 | 616 |
| 2000 | 661 |
Heritage sites of national significance
The Castelliere, a site with scattered prehistoric objects and Roman eraSwitzerland in the Roman era
The history of Switzerland in the Roman era encompasses the roughly six centuries during which the territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire...
buildings is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
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Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
which received 35.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(18.36%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(17.43%) and the Ticino League
Ticino League
The Ticino League is an isolationist, national conservative political party in Switzerland active in the canton of Ticino.In 1991, after some public campaigning in the Sunday journal Mattino della Domenica against political power and use of public money, the editor Giuliano Bignasca and the...
(11.99%). In the federal election, a total of 299 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 56.2%.
In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 524 registered voters in Tegna, of which 322 or 61.5% voted. 4 blank ballots were cast, leaving 318 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
which received 82 or 25.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PPD
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
+GenGiova (with 58 or 18.2%), the PS
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(with 56 or 17.6%) and the SSI (with 53 or 16.7%).
In the Consiglio di Stato election, 2 blank ballots were cast, leaving 320 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 78 or 24.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PS (with 72 or 22.5%), the LEGA (with 59 or 18.4%) and the PPD (with 57 or 17.8%).
Economy
, Tegna had an unemployment rate of 3.49%. , there were 22 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 49 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 85 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 22 businesses in this sector. There were 299 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.1% of the workforce., there were 196 workers who commuted into the municipality and 214 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 21.4% of the workforce coming into Tegna are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 5.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 62.5% used a private car.
, there were 5 hotels in Tegna with a total of 40 rooms and 81 beds.
Religion
From the , 461 or 69.7% were Roman Catholic, while 84 or 12.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. There are 82 individuals (or about 12.41% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 34 individuals (or about 5.14% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Tegna about 81.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
).
In Tegna there were a total of 137 students . The Ticino education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
and in Tegna there were 21 children in kindergarten. The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the village, 41 students attended the standard primary schools and 3 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two year middle school followed by a two year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four year program to prepare for higher education. There were 41 students in the two year middle school, while 8 students were in the four year advanced program.
The upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student). There were 5 vocational students who were attending school full-time and 17 who attend part-time.
The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields. There was 1 student in the professional program.
, there were 5 students in Tegna who came from another municipality, while 77 residents attended schools outside the municipality.