Brontallo

Brontallo is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

In 1513 Menzonio broke away from Cevio, but Brontallo remained part of the parish until 1655.

[2] Brontallo has an area, as of 1997[update], of 10.46 square kilometers (4.04 sq mi).

[3] The village is located in the Vallemaggia district, on a terrace at an elevation of 716 m (2,349 ft) on the right side of the valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure St. George armoured argent haloed and with a lace or stanging on a dragon vert langued gules piercing it.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian language (46 or 92.0%), with German being second most common (2 or 4.0%) and French being third (1 or 2.0%).

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][8] There were 13 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 15.4% of the workforce.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 45 or 90.0% were Roman Catholic, while 2 or 4.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

There was 1 person who belonged to no church, was agnostic or atheist, and 2 individuals (or about 4.00% of the population) did not answer the question.

[6] As of 2000[update], there were 10 students from Brontallo who attended schools outside the village.