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    Blenio is a municipality of the district of Blenio, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Blenio was created on 22 October 2006 when it incorporated the...
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    The Blenio Valley (Italian: Valle di Blenio) is a valley of the Lepontine Alps in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The valley contains the river Brenno. The...
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    Campo Blenio was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced...
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  • The Blenio District is a district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It has a population of 5,656 (as of 31 December 2020). The capital of the district...
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    The Giro Media Blenio is an annual road running event over 10 kilometres which takes place in April in the village of Dongio, Switzerland. It was created...
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    Cima Norma S.A., also Chocolat Cima-Norma S.A., in Torre-Dangio (today Blenio municipality) was an industrial chocolate production company in the canton...
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    the work of Italian and French migrant artisans, active in Ticino (Val Blenio) and Vaud. A company was founded in 1767 in Vevey (see below), another one...
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    emigration. Notable examples include the chocolatiers (cioccolatieri) of the Val Blenio, who migrated throughout Europe (see Swiss chocolate#History). Until 1878...
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    condominiums of the Forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden: Vogtei of Blenio – 1477–80 and from 1495 Vogtei of Rivera – 1403–22 and from 1495 Vogtei...
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    Serravalle is a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 April 2012 by the merger of the former...
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