Residents: 12. Average Age: 75. Biggest Challenge: Avoiding Extinction. In Corippo, Switzerland, the average age is 75, and the village has far more abandoned homes, 30, than residents, 12. But officials have a grand plan to fill those empty houses with tourists. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Erdogan’s Most Charismatic Rival Challenges Him, From JailItaly Dispatch: Ceramics Aren’t Enough. Bring on the Spaceships, Italian Town Says.The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be.In Cambodia, Dissenting Voters Find Ways to Say ‘None of the Above’Philippine Bombing Kills 10, Showing Insurgents Remain a ProblemRefugee Office Attacked as ISIS Seeks Soft Afghan Targets