Ticino
Locarno District
Verzasca

Brione

Brione is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of in . On 17 October 2020 the former municipalities of , , , Brione and merged to form the new municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 193 residents
  • Description: former municipality and current locality of Verzasca in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Brione (Verzasca) TI” and “Brione Verzasca”
  • Postal code: 6634

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marcacci Castle and Santa Maria Assunta Parish Church.

Castle
Photo: Shesmax, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Shesmax, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Peak
The Poncione d'Alnasca is a mountain of the , located east of Brione in the canton of . It is located on the range south of the . The south side consists of a pyramid-shaped and almost vertical rock face. is situated 2½ km east of Brione.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gerra and Frasco.

Village
Photo: Claudio Vosti, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a part of the municipality of in the district of Locarno in the canton of in . was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with to form . is situated 2½ km north of Brione.

Village
is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of in . On 17 October 2020 the former municipalities of , , , Brione and merged to form the new municipality of . is situated 4½ km north of Brione.

Village
Photo: Jeremy.toma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of in . is situated 6 km southeast of Brione.

Brione

Latitude
46.29638° or 46° 17′ 47″ north
Longitude
8.79086° or 8° 47′ 27″ east
Population
193
Elevation
747 metres (2,451 feet)
Open location code
8FRC7QWR+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 263683455
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661391
Wiki­data ID
Q68766
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Brione” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Albanian: “Brione”
  • Basque: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Basque: “Brione”
  • Catalan: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Cebuano: “Brione (munisipyo sa Swisa, Ticino, Locarno District, lat 46,30, long 8,79)”
  • Cebuano: “Brione”
  • Chinese: “布廖內”
  • Dutch: “Brione”
  • Esperanto: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Esperanto: “Brione”
  • French: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • French: “Brione Verzasca”
  • French: “Brione”
  • German: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • German: “Brione Verzasca”
  • German: “Brione”
  • Hungarian: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Irish: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Italian: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Italian: “Brione Verzasca”
  • Italian: “Brione”
  • Japanese: “ブリオーネ (スイス)”
  • Lombard: “Briom”
  • Lombard: “Brione”
  • Malay: “Brione, Switzerland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brione i Sveits”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brione i Verzasca”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Portuguese: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Portuguese: “Brione”
  • Romansh: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Romansh: “Brione”
  • Spanish: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Spanish: “Brione”
  • Swedish: “Brione”
  • Swiss German: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Brione”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Brione (Verzasca)”
  • Venetian: “Brione Verzasca”
  • Volapük: “Brione”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brione”

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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 “Brione”. Photo: Ramessos, Public domain.