Vira
Vira is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 616 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Gambarogno in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Vira (Gambarogno)”
- Postal code: 6574
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santi Pietro e Paolo Parish Church and Magadino-Vira railway station.
Magadino-Vira railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Magadino-Vira railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gambarogno, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Cadenazzo–Luino line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Magadino and Piazzogna.
Magadino
Village
Photo: Louis Bafrance, CC BY 3.0.
Magadino is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.
Piazzogna
Village
Piazzogna is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.
San Nazzaro
Village
San Nazzaro is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno. San Nazzaro is situated 3½ km southwest of Vira.
Vira
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Gambarogno, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.14385° or 46° 8′ 38″ northLongitude
8.84189° or 8° 50′ 31″ eastPopulation
616Elevation
212 metres (696 feet)Open location code
8FRC4RVR+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 59869419OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2658114Wikidata ID
Q389594
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Vira” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vira”
- Dutch: “Vira”
- French: “Vira (Gambarogno)”
- French: “Vira”
- German: “Vira (Gambarogno)”
- German: “Vira (TI)”
- German: “Vira”
- Irish: “Vira”
- Italian: “Vira (Gambarogno)”
- Italian: “Vira Gambarogno”
- Italian: “Vira”
- Lombard: “Vira (Gambarogn)”
- Lombard: “Vira”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vira”
- Portuguese: “Vira”
- Romansh: “Vira”
- Swedish: “Vira Gambarogno”
- Swedish: “Vira”
- Swiss German: “Vira”
- Turkish: “Vira”
- Upper Sorbian: “Vira”
- Volapük: “Vira”
- Western Panjabi: “ویرا”
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