Contone
Contone is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 703 residents
- Description: former municipality of Switzerland in Ticino
- Postal code: 6594
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Giovanni Battista and Cadenazzo railway station.
Cadenazzo railway station
Railway station
Photo: Arbalete, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cadenazzo railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Cadenazzo, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Cadenazzo–Luino and Giubiasco–Locarno lines of Swiss Federal Railways.
Monte Ceneri
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Monte Ceneri is a mountain pass in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It connects the Magadino Plain and the Vedeggio Valley across the Lugano Prealps at an elevation of 554 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cadenazzo and Quartino.
Cadenazzo
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cadenazzo is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 13 March 2005 the formerly independent municipality of Robasacco was absorbed into Cadenazzo.
Quartino
Village
Photo: Alj87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quartino is a small village in Magadino, Ticino, Switzerland.
Rivera
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rivera is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Medeglia, Bironico, Camignolo, Rivera and Sigirino merged on 21 November 2010 into the new municipality of Monteceneri. Rivera is situated 3 km south of Contone.
Contone
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Gambarogno, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.14877° or 46° 8′ 56″ northLongitude
8.92615° or 8° 55′ 34″ eastPopulation
703Elevation
202 metres (663 feet)Open location code
8FRC4WXG+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 60699708OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2661128Wikidata ID
Q87088
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Volapük—“Contone” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Contone”
- Cebuano: “Contone”
- Dutch: “Contone”
- French: “Contone”
- German: “Contone”
- Irish: “Contone”
- Italian: “Contone”
- Lombard: “Conton”
- Lombard: “Cunton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Contone”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Contone”
- Portuguese: “Contone”
- Romansh: “Contone”
- Spanish: “Contone”
- Swedish: “Contone”
- Turkish: “Contone”
- Upper Sorbian: “Contone”
- Vietnamese: “Contone”
- Volapük: “Contone”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alla Roda and Carro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cantina il cavaliere and Acquedotto.
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