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Monte Carasso

Monte Carasso is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of , , , , , , , , , and merged into the municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,870 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Monte Carasso TI”, “Monte Carasso-Sementina”, and “Monte Carasso, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 6513

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chiesa della Santi Trinità and Giubiasco railway station.

Church
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is a church.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the canton of Ticino and . The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between and , and is a junction point with several other lines.

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The Castles of Bellinzona are a group of fortifications located around the town of , the capital of the Swiss canton of . Situated on the , the group is composed of fortified walls and three castles named Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sementina and Giubiasco.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of in . It ceased to exist on 2 April 2017 when it and the municipalities of , Claro, , , , , , Monte Carasso, , , and Sant'Antonio were merged into the municipality of .

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of in . On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of , , , , , , Monte Carasso, , , and merged into the municipality of .

Village
and Galbisio are the parts of , Switzerland, located on the west side of the river . The patriciate of is responsible for the management of the forest and other community resources of the fraction.

Monte Carasso

Latitude
46.18759° or 46° 11′ 15″ north
Longitude
8.99917° or 8° 59′ 57″ east
Population
2,870
Elevation
238 metres (781 feet)
Open location code
8FRC5XQX+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 429197902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659616
Wiki­data ID
Q70075
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Monte Carasso” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Monte Carasso”
  • Basque: “Monte Carasso”
  • Catalan: “Monte Carasso”
  • Cebuano: “Monte Carasso”
  • Chinese: “蒙泰卡拉索”
  • Dutch: “Monte Carasso”
  • Esperanto: “Monte Carasso”
  • French: “Monte Carasso”
  • German: “Monte Carasso”
  • German: “Orenno”
  • Hungarian: “Monte Carasso”
  • Irish: “Monte Carasso”
  • Italian: “Monte Carasso”
  • Japanese: “モンテ・カラッソ”
  • Lombard: “Moncarass”
  • Lombard: “Mont Carass”
  • Lombard: “Monte Carasso”
  • Lombard: “Munt Carass”
  • Malay: “Monte Carasso”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monte Carasso”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Carasso”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monte Carasso”
  • Polish: “Monte Carasso”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Carasso”
  • Romansh: “Monte Carasso”
  • Spanish: “Monte Carasso”
  • Swedish: “Monte Carasso”
  • Swiss German: “Monte Carasso”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Monte Carasso”
  • Turkish: “Monte Carasso”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Monte Carasso”
  • Volapük: “Monte Carasso”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monte Carasso”

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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 “Monte Carasso”. Photo: Ticino2, CC BY-SA 3.0.