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:#NotHim: Brazilian Women Take Aim at Presidential CandidateThousands are Arrested in Ethiopia After Ethnic ViolenceRussia Promises Advanced Missiles to Syria After Rift With IsraelWhat We’re Watching at the U.N. General AssemblyInternational Herald Tribune: 1893: Fatal Dynamite Outrage in SpainIran’s Terms to Reopen Nuclear Talks? Trump Has to Back Down