What is Valcolla?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Valcolla | image_photo = Signora.jpg | image_caption = Signôra | municipality_name = Valcolla | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Valcolla-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Valcolla 2012.png | languages = Italian | canton = Ticino | iso-code-region = CH-TI | district = [[Lugano (district)|Lugano]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|5|N|9|2|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6959 | municipality_code = 5229 | area = 11.3 | elevation = 972|elevation_description= | population = 596|populationof = December 2004 | popofyear = 2004 | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = Colla, Cozzo, Curtina, Insone, Maglio di Colla, Molino, Piandera, Scareglia, Signôra | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Bidogno]], [[Bogno]], [[Capriasca]], [[Cavargna]] (IT-CO), [[Certara]], [[Cimadera]], [[Corticiasca]], [[Ponte Capriasca]], [[Sonvico]] | twintowns = }} '''Valcolla''' was a [[municipality]] of the district [[Lugano (district)|Lugano]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Ticino]] in [[Switzerland]]. == Geography == Valcolla is in the upper part of the [[Val Colla]], the mountain valley in which the [[Cassarate (river)|Cassarate River]] rises. It has villages of Colla, Cozzo, Curtina, Insone, Maglio di Colla, Molino, Piandera, Scareglia and Signôra. It borders the following municipalities: [[Bidogno]], [[Bogno]], [[Capriasca]], [[Cavargna]] (Italy), [[Certara]], [[Cimadera]], [[Corticiasca]], [[Ponte Capriasca]] and [[Sonvico]]. == History == In 1956 the municipality was created from the merger of Colla, Insone, Piandera, Scareglia and Signôra.<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 Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 January 2010</ref> On 14 April 2013, the former municipalities of [[