What is Faido?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Faido | municipality_name = Faido | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Faido-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Faido 2012.png | languages = Italian | canton = Ticino | iso-code-region = CH-TI | district = [[Leventina (district)|Leventina]] |coordinates={{coord|46|29|N|8|48|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6760 | municipality_code = 5072 | area = 3.8 | elevation = 711|elevation_description= | population = 1522|populationof = December 2002 | website = www.faido.ch | mayor = Roland David|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = [[Chiggiogna]], Rossura, Calonico | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Acquarossa]], [[Anzonico]], [[Blenio]], [[Calpiogna]], [[Campello, Switzerland|Campello]], [[Chironico]], [[Dalpe]], [[Mairengo]] | twintowns = }} '''Faido''' is the capital of the [[district]] of [[Leventina (district)|Leventina]] in the [[Italian language|Italian]]-speaking [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Ticino]] in southern [[Switzerland]]. It has about 1,600 people and lies in the [[Leventina]] valley. [[File:FaidoDSCN6898.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Faido]] == History == The [[municipality]] was first noted in 1171 as ''Faedo''. In the spring of 2004, the people voted for merging the neighboring municipalities of Chiggiogna, Osco, Mairengo, Calpiogna, Campello, Rossura, Calonico, Anzonico, Cavagnago, and Sobrio. Most of the municipalities did not want to do that, and the new municipality contains only the municipalities of Faido, [[Chiggiogna]], Rossura, and Calonico. On 1 April 2012, the former municipalities of [[Anzonico]], [[Calpiogna]], [[Campello, Switzerland|Campello]], [[Cavagnago]], [[Chironico]], [[Mairengo]] and [[Osco]] merged into the municipality.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical