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

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a cross gules and in canton a bar azure embowed in base.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (77.6%), with German being second most common (15.7%) and French being third (2.9%).

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 11 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 0 people.

[5] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Tegna is; 68 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 81 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19.

[2] The historical population is given in the following table:[10] The Castelliere, a site with scattered prehistoric objects and Roman era buildings is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 35.31% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 299 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.2%.

[12] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 524 registered voters in Tegna, of which 322 or 61.5% voted.

[2] There were 299 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.1% of the workforce.

[15] From the 2000 census[update], 461 or 69.7% were Roman Catholic, while 84 or 12.7% 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 upper secondary school includes several options, but at the end of the upper secondary program, a student will be prepared to enter a trade or to continue on to a university or college.

In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time student).

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