Onsernone

Onsernone
Onsernone valley in March 2009
Onsernone valley in March 2009
Coat of arms of Onsernone
Location of Onsernone
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Onsernone is located in Switzerland
Onsernone
Onsernone
Onsernone is located in Canton of Ticino
Onsernone
Onsernone
Coordinates: 46°12′N 8°37′E / 46.200°N 8.617°E / 46.200; 8.617
CountrySwitzerland
CantonTicino
DistrictLocarno
Government
 • MayorSindaco
Area
 • Total29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation
802 m (2,631 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total682
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6662
SFOS number5136
ISO 3166 codeCH-TI
LocalitiesComologno, Vocaglia, Corbella, Cappellino, Spruga, Crana, Russo, Isorno, Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno
Surrounded byTerre di Pedemonte, Centovalli, Craveggia (IT-VB), Maggia, Re (IT-VB),
Websitehttp://www.onsernone.swiss
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Onsernone is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino, near the city of Locarno. The river Isorno, known as the Onsernone River in Italy, runs through the valley with which Onsernone shares its name.

The municipality was created in 1995 by a merger of Comologno, Crana and Russo.[3]

On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into Onsernone.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010
  4. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 27 April 2016