Melano

Melano is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of in . On 10 April 2022, the former municipalities of , Melano and merged to form the new municipality of Val Mara.
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  • Type: Village with 1,360 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Val Mara, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Melano TI”
  • Postal code: 6818

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sant’Andrea Parish Church and Maroggia-Melano railway station.

Church
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Railway station
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is a railway station in the canton of Ticino. The station is located on the border between the municipalities of and Melano, and serves both.

Railway station
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Bellavista is a railway station on the Monte Generoso railway, a rack railway that connects with the summit of in the canton of Ticino.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rovio and Maroggia.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the in . Traditionally has been an agricultural community, raising livestock and growing vines, but today many of its houses are occupied by commuters, largely travelling into .

Village
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of in . On 10 April 2022, the former municipalities of , Melano and merged to form the new municipality of Val Mara.

Village
Photo: Snapshots Of The Past, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a situated at the south-eastern extremity of , in the . Originally a municipality in its own right, is now a quarter of the , itself part of the district of Mendrisio.

Melano

Latitude
45.92159° or 45° 55′ 18″ north
Longitude
8.98603° or 8° 59′ 10″ east
Population
1,360
Elevation
285 metres (935 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH MLO
Open location code
8FQCWXCP+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1377027354
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659696
Wiki­data ID
Q70122
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Melano” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Melano”
  • Basque: “Melano”
  • Breton: “Melano”
  • Catalan: “Melano”
  • Cebuano: “Melano (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Melano”
  • Chinese: “梅拉諾”
  • Chinese: “梅拉诺”
  • Czech: “Melano”
  • Danish: “Melano”
  • Dutch: “Melano”
  • Esperanto: “Melano”
  • French: “Melano”
  • German: “Melano TI”
  • German: “Melano”
  • Hungarian: “Melano”
  • Irish: “Melano”
  • Italian: “Melano”
  • Latin: “Mellanum”
  • Latin: “Mellanus”
  • Lombard: “Melan”
  • Lombard: “Melano”
  • Malay: “Melano”
  • Neapolitan: “Melano”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melano”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melano”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Melano”
  • Portuguese: “Melano”
  • Romansh: “Melano”
  • Russian: “Мелано”
  • Spanish: “Melano”
  • Swedish: “Melano”
  • Swiss German: “Melano”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Melano”
  • Turkish: “Melano”
  • Ukrainian: “Мелано”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Melano”
  • Venetian: “Melano”
  • Volapük: “Melano”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Melano”
  • Welsh: “Melano”
  • “Melano”

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