Fusio
Fusio is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Broglio, Brontallo, Menzonio, Peccia and Prato-Sornico to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.- Type: Village with 60 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Lavizzara in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Fusio (Lavizzara)”
- Postal code: 6696
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Maria Assunta Church and Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno.
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno
Church
The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It was built between 1994 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986.
Lago del Sambuco
Lake
Lago del Sambuco is a reservoir above Fusio, in the municipality of Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.11 km². The dam of Sambuco on the Maggia River was completed in 1956. Its maximum height is 130 m and length 363 m. Lago del Sambuco is situated 2½ km northwest of Fusio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mogno and Peccia.
Mogno
Village
Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzara, a valley through which the upper Maggia River flows.
Peccia
Village
Peccia is one of six municipalities in the canton of Ticino which merged in April 2004 to form the commune of Lavizzara, with about 1000 people. The other municipalities were Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, and Prato-Sornico. Peccia is situated 4½ km south of Fusio.
Prato-Sornico
Village
Prato-Sornico is a former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The municipality contained the villages Prato and Sornico. Prato-Sornico is situated 5 km south of Fusio.
Fusio
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Lavizzara, Vallemaggia District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.44403° or 46° 26′ 39″ north
Longitude
8.66322° or 8° 39′ 48″ east
Population
60
Elevation
1,287 metres (4,222 feet)
Open location code
8FRCCMV7+J7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Fusio” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fusio”
- Esperanto: “Fusio”
- French: “Fusio (Lavizzara)”
- French: “Fusio”
- German: “Fusio (Lavizzara)”
- German: “Fusio”
- Irish: “Fusio”
- Italian: “Fusio (Lavizzara)”
- Italian: “Fusio”
- Lombard: “Fus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fusio”
- Turkish: “Fusio”
- Western Panjabi: “فوسائو”
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