Avegno Gordevio is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Handicrafts (making baskets and pottery) and stone cutting were able to slow the exodus somewhat.

The strong population growth in recent decades is due to the proximity to Locarno.

In 1982, the Wakker Prize was awarded to Avegno in recognition of the efforts to preserve the village's historic appearance.

Due to lack of farming land, emigration (at first mainly to Rome, but in the second half of the 19th century overseas as well) lowered the number of inhabitants.

[5] The present coat of arms was adopted in 2008, replacing those of the two previous municipalities: Tierced per pale gules, argent and azure, overall a crenellated gateway between two towers triple-turreted argent masoned sable, in centre base the capital letters A and G in pale of the last.

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Avegno Gordevio is; 142 children or 10.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 190 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][5][10] The entire villages of Avegno Chiesa e di dentro and Avegno di fuori are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites[11] In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 370.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 16 were in agricultureand 20 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 20 or 11.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 2.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 50 or 28.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 6 or 3.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 2.3% were in education and 56 or 31.6% were in health care.

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