Ligornetto
Ligornetto is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,800 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Postal code: 6853
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Lorenzo Parish Church with ossuary and Museo Vincenzo Vela.
Museo Vincenzo Vela
Museum
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museo Vincenzo Vela is an artist museum in Ligornetto, a village in the municipality of Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Dedicated primarily to the work of the sculptor Vincenzo Vela, it occupies the villa he built on a hillside above his native village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Genestrerio and Besazio.
Genestrerio
Village
Photo: DavidSchweikert, Public domain.
Genestrerio was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Besazio
Village
Besazio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013, the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Rancate
Village
Rancate was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Ligornetto
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Mendrisio, Mendrisio District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.86231° or 45° 51′ 44″ northLongitude
8.95246° or 8° 57′ 9″ eastPopulation
1,800Elevation
357 metres (1,171 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH LGTOpen location code
8FQCVX62+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 574805593OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Ligornetto” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Ligornetto”
- Bulgarian: “Лигорнето”
- Catalan: “Ligornetto”
- Cebuano: “Ligornetto”
- Chinese: “利戈爾內托”
- Dutch: “Ligornetto”
- French: “Ligornetto”
- German: “Ligornetto”
- Hungarian: “Ligornetto”
- Irish: “Ligornetto”
- Italian: “Ligornetto”
- Lombard: “Ligornet”
- Lombard: “Ligornetto”
- Lombard: “Ligurnet”
- Malay: “Ligornetto”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ligornetto”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ligornetto”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ligornetto”
- Portuguese: “Ligornetto”
- Romansh: “Ligornetto”
- Slovenian: “Ligornetto”
- Spanish: “Ligornetto”
- Swedish: “Ligornetto”
- Swiss German: “Ligornetto”
- Tosk Albanian: “Ligornetto”
- Turkish: “Ligornetto”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ligornetto”
- Venetian: “Ligornetto”
- Volapük: “Ligornetto”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ligornetto”
- Welsh: “Ligornetto”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Volontari Ligornettesi and Casa Pessina.
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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 “Ligornetto”. Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.