Population
749↓3.5%
About Sonogno
City · Ticino
Sonogno is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is located in Valle Verzasca. On 17 October 2020 the former municipalities of Vogorno, Sonogno, Corippo, Brione (Verzasca) and Frasco merged to form the new municipality of Verzasca.
Population
749
Tax multiplier
100%
Sonogno in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.100%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 30'100↓2.9%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 34'425↓2.3%
68%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.56%↑36.6%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Forest50%
- Other42%
- Agriculture7%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
6.3%↓14.6%
Bottom 10% in canton
Dwellings
1'964↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
159↓10.7%
18%
0%
Fibre
Housing market in Sonogno
The rental vacancy rate is 0.56%, 71% below the cantonal average (1.92 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 100%, 20% above the cantonal average (84 %). Median taxable income is CHF 40'700, 34% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Sonogno has 749 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
