Cavigliano is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Other artifacts have been found from the Iron Age and Roman era tombs and coins from the 1st to 3rd century.

During this time the villages of Cavigilano, Tegna, Verscio and Auressio formed the municipality of Pedemonte.

The village Church of S. Michele dates from the 16th century, while the Catholic parish of Cavigliano was created in 1850.

Since the 1960s, the agrarian municipality gradually become a commuter town for the agglomeration of Locarno.

The tourist and educational center of the Swiss Labor Assistance, known as Casa solidarietà, has been in the municipality since 1946.

[4] The former municipality is located in the Locarno district, on the rail line through Centovalli to Italy.

It consists of the villages of Cavigliano, Tegna and Verscio which together form the Region Terre di Pedemonte and a single Bürgergemeinde.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a cross gules and in canton a bunch of grapes slipped azure.

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Cavigliano is; 72 children or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 90 teenagers or 12.5% are between 10 and 19.

[3] The historical population is given in the following table:[2][11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 29.98% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 293 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.0%.

[12] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 529 registered voters in Cavigliano, of which 341 or 64.5% voted.

[13] In the 2007[update] Consiglio di Stato election, The most popular party was the PS which received 93 or 27.2% of the vote.

[3] There were 287 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce.

[15] From the 2000 census[update], 427 or 66.1% were Roman Catholic, while 86 or 13.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

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.

The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields.