Gresso
Gresso is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipality was formed in 1882 by splitting from Vergeletto.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 41 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Onsernone in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Gresso TI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pizzo Peloso and Pizzo della Croce.
Pizzo Peloso
Peak
Photo: Donovan Mueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pizzo Peloso is a mountain in the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located west of Maggia in the canton of Ticino. It lies between the valleys of Vergeletto, Onsernone and Maggia. The closest higher summit is Pizzo Cramalina on the north-west side… Pizzo Peloso is situated 2½ km east of Gresso.
Pizzo della Croce
Peak
Photo: Felix Müller 63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pizzo della Croce is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Gresso.
Pizzo Cramalina
Peak
Pizzo Cramalina is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Vergeletto in the canton of Ticino. It lies on the chain between the valleys of Vergeletto and Maggia. Pizzo Cramalina is situated 3½ km north of Gresso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vergeletto and Crana.
Vergeletto
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vergeletto is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into the municipality of Onsernone.
Crana
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crana is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Comologno and Russo to form a new and larger municipality Onsernone.
Russo
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Russo is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Comologno and Crana to form a new and larger municipality Onsernone. Russo is situated 2½ km south of Gresso.
Gresso
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Onsernone, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.22493° or 46° 13′ 30″ northLongitude
8.61573° or 8° 36′ 57″ eastPopulation
41Elevation
1,017 metres (3,337 feet)Open location code
8FRC6JF8+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 485184438OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2660507Wikidata ID
Q68352
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Gresso” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gresso”
- Basque: “Gresso”
- Bulgarian: “Гресо”
- Catalan: “Gresso”
- Cebuano: “Gresso”
- Chinese: “格雷索”
- Danish: “Gresso”
- Dutch: “Gresso”
- Esperanto: “Gresso”
- French: “Gresso TI”
- French: “Gresso”
- German: “Gresso TI”
- German: “Gresso”
- Greek: “Γκρέσσο”
- Hungarian: “Gresso”
- Irish: “Gresso”
- Italian: “Gresso TI”
- Italian: “Gresso”
- Japanese: “グレッソ”
- Lombard: “Gress”
- Lombard: “Gresso”
- Malay: “Gresso”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gresso”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gresso”
- Norwegian: “Gresso”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gresso”
- Portuguese: “Gresso”
- Romansh: “Gresso”
- Spanish: “Gresso”
- Swedish: “Gresso”
- Swiss German: “Gresso”
- Tosk Albanian: “Gresso”
- Turkish: “Gresso”
- Upper Sorbian: “Gresso”
- Volapük: “Gresso”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gresso”
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