Osco

Osco is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of along with the former municipalities of , , , , and .
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  • Type: Village with 109 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Faido in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Osco, Leventina”
  • Postal code: 6763

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Siro Parish Church and Faido railway station.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in the canton of Ticino and . The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.

House
Photo: Nicolas Augsburger Rossi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mairengo and Calpiogna.

Village
is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of along with the former municipalities of , , , , and Osco.

Hamlet
Photo: Elvezio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of along with the former municipalities of Osco, , , , and .

Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . On 6 April 2025, it merged into the municipality of .

Osco

Latitude
46.49367° or 46° 29′ 37″ north
Longitude
8.78137° or 8° 46′ 53″ east
Population
109
Elevation
1,157 metres (3,796 feet)
Open location code
8FRCFQVJ+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 738927218
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659276
Wiki­data ID
Q660119
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Satellite Map

Discover Osco from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Osco” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Osco”
  • Catalan: “Osco”
  • Cebuano: “Osco”
  • Dutch: “Osco”
  • French: “Osco”
  • German: “Osco”
  • Hungarian: “Osco”
  • Irish: “Osco”
  • Italian: “Osco”
  • Lombard: “Osco”
  • Lombard: “Vosch”
  • Lombard: “Vòsch”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Osco”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Osco”
  • Portuguese: “Osco”
  • Romansh: “Osco”
  • Spanish: “Osco”
  • Swedish: “Osco”
  • Swiss German: “Osco”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Osco”
  • Turkish: “Osco”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Osco”
  • Volapük: “Osco”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Osco”

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