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

After the dissolution of Terricciole in 1920, a shared territory between Locarno, Minusio and Mergoscia, the settlement of Riazzino was allocated to Lavertezzo.

[3] The double arch stone bridge was built in the 17th century and is one of the most distinctive sights in the village.

In the last decades of the 20th century Riazzino developed into a shopping and recreation center.

[3] Lavertezzo has an area, as of 1997[update], of 58.11 square kilometers (22.44 sq mi).

Out of the forested land, 36.8% of the total land area is heavily forested, while 11.4% is covered in small trees and shrubbery and 2.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

It consists of the village of Lavertezzo in the Verzasca valley (with the hamlets of Aquino, Rancone and Sambugaro) and the exclave of Lavertezzo Piano in the Magadino valley (with the village sections of Riazzino, Montedato and Bugaro).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a pelican in her piety argent voulned gules.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (82.6%), with German being second most common (9.2%) and Serbian or Croatian language being third (2.6%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Lavertezzo is; 134 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 127 teenagers or 10.4% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] The entire village of Lavertezzo is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 26.19% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 266 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.3%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 713 registered voters in Lavertezzo, of which 401 or 56.2% voted.

[8] There were 523 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

[17] According to the 2000 census[update], 840 or 76.5% were Roman Catholic, while 119 or 10.8% 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.