Frasco is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

[4] During the Middle Ages, Frasco was part of the greater Vicinanza of Verzasca.

For centuries, the inhabitants lived on agriculture and alpine seasonal migrations with livestock.

Starting in 1870, the Val d'Efra, a vein of white marble, was exploited for limestone quarries.

[4] Frasco had an area, as of 1997[update], of 25.72 square kilometers (9.93 sq mi).

Out of the forested land, 27.4% of the total land area is heavily forested, while 11.7% is covered in small trees and shrubbery and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

It consists of the village of Frasco and multiple scattered settlements along the road in the upper Verzasca valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a winged fish flying in bend sinister.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (94.0%), with German and French being second most common (1.0% each).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Frasco is; 10 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 19 teenagers or 16.8% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following table:[4] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 32.78% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 32 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.4%.

[13] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 90 registered voters in Frasco, of which 65 or 72.2% voted.

[14] In the 2007[update] Consiglio di Stato election, the most popular party was the LEGA which received 23 or 35.4% of the vote.

[8] There were 37 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 27.0% of the workforce.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 87 or 87.0% were Roman Catholic, while 2 or 2.0% 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.