Rovio
Rovio is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Traditionally Rovio has been an agricultural community, raising livestock and growing vines, but today many of its houses are occupied by commuters, largely travelling into the city of Lugano.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 798 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Val Mara in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Rovio TI” and “Rovio, Ticino”
- Postal code: 6821
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oratory of St Vigilius and Family house Balmelli.
Family house Balmelli
Building
Photo: Brutarchitekt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Family house Balmelli is a building.
Maroggia-Melano railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maroggia-Melano railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is located on the border between the municipalities of Maroggia and Melano, and serves both.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melano and Maroggia.
Melano
Village
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melano is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2022, the former municipalities of Maroggia, Melano and Rovio merged to form the new municipality of Val Mara.
Maroggia
Village
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maroggia is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2022, the former municipalities of Maroggia, Melano and Rovio merged to form the new municipality of Val Mara.
Bissone
Village
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bissone is a municipality in the district of Lugano, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Bissone is situated 2½ km northwest of Rovio.
Rovio
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Val Mara, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.93308° or 45° 55′ 59″ northLongitude
8.98846° or 8° 59′ 18″ eastPopulation
798Elevation
497 metres (1,631 feet)Open location code
8FQCWXMQ+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 574812333OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2658943Wikidata ID
Q67986
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Satellite Map
Discover Rovio from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Rovio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rovio”
- Bashkir: “Ровио”
- Belarusian: “Ровіа”
- Breton: “Rovio”
- Catalan: “Rovio”
- Cebuano: “Rovio”
- Chinese: “罗维奥”
- Chinese: “羅維奧”
- Czech: “Rovio”
- Dutch: “Rovio”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روڤيو”
- Esperanto: “Rovio”
- French: “Rovio”
- German: “Rovio TI”
- German: “Rovio”
- Hungarian: “Rovio”
- Irish: “Rovio”
- Italian: “Rovio”
- Lombard: “Roeuv”
- Lombard: “Röv”
- Lombard: “Rovio”
- Malay: “Rovio, Switzerland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rovio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rovio”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rovio”
- Portuguese: “Rovio”
- Romansh: “Rovio”
- Russian: “Ровио”
- Spanish: “Rovio”
- Swedish: “Rovio, Ticino”
- Swedish: “Rovio”
- Swiss German: “Rovio”
- Tosk Albanian: “Rovio”
- Turkish: “Rovio”
- Ukrainian: “Ровіо”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rovio”
- Venetian: “Rovio”
- Volapük: “Rovio”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rovio, Swiza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rovio”
- Welsh: “Rovio”
- “Rovio”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cassina and San Vigilio.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazzetta and Bottega mea.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rovio”. Photo: Weekender73, CC BY-SA 4.0.