History
Isone is first mentioned in 1237 as Yxono. Isone probably belonged in the Early Middle Ages to the former valley community of Carvina. The Comasker chapter owned grazing rights in Isone by 1296. In 1501-03 Isone and the Medeglia Valley broke away from Lugano to accept Bellinzona's rule.
In 1466, the portions of Isone which belonged to the parish church of Agno, broke away from the mother church of Bironico and formed their own parish. Only the romanesque clock tower and walls (probably from the 12th century) of the original Church of St. Lorenz are still visible in the present church building. The current church was built in the 17th Century and rebuilt and expanded in the 20th Century.
In past centuries, the economy was based mainly on livestock, and to a lesser extent on the timber trade. A lawsuit about borders and pastures with Capriasca dragged on from 1430 to the first decades of the 20th Century. The local economy benefited with the opening of a firing range and Infantry Training School in 1973. An industrial company was founded in 1961, initially, as a watch factory and later doing electrical engineering work.
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