Ticino
Vallemaggia District
Bosco/Gurin

Bosco/Gurin

Bosco/Gurin is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of in . The village is near the end of the valley of Bosco Gurin, near the Italian border.
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  • Type: Village with 56 residents
  • Description: municipality in Vallemaggia, canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bosco Gurin”, “Bosco Gurin TI”, and “Bosco-Gurin”
  • Postal code: 6685

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo Parish Church and Museum Walserhaus.

Church
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Museum
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The Gurin is located in the characteristic Walser village of Bosco/Gurin and is the oldest ethnographic museum in the Canton of Ticino. It is managed by the Walserhaus Gurin Association.

Peak
is a mountain of the Swiss , located between Bosco/Gurin and Campo in the canton of . It lies on the chain east of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Campo and Cerentino.

Village
Photo: Romano1246, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of in . is situated 3 km south of Bosco/Gurin.

Hamlet
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is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of in . is situated 4½ km east of Bosco/Gurin.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northwest of Bosco/Gurin.

Bosco/Gurin

Latitude
46.31678° or 46° 19′ 0″ north
Longitude
8.4919° or 8° 29′ 31″ east
Population
56
Elevation
1,490 metres (4,888 feet)
Open location code
8FRC8F8R+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240090209
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661439
Wiki­data ID
Q70328
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Bosco/Gurin” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Basque: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Breton: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Cebuano: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Chinese: “博斯科古林”
  • Czech: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Dutch: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Dutch: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Esperanto: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • French: “Bosco Gurin”
  • French: “Bosco-Gurin”
  • French: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • French: “Gurin”
  • German: “Bosco Gurin”
  • German: “Bosco-Gurin”
  • German: “Bosco-Vallemaggia”
  • German: “Bosco”
  • German: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • German: “Gurin”
  • Hungarian: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Irish: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Italian: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Italian: “Bosco-Gurin”
  • Italian: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Italian: “Bosco”
  • Italian: “Bosco~Gurin”
  • Lombard: “Bosch Gurin”
  • Lombard: “Bosch Gürin”
  • Lombard: “Bosch/Gürin”
  • Lombard: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Lombard: “Busch/Gurin”
  • Malay: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Polish: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Portuguese: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Portuguese: “Bosco/gurin”
  • Romansh: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Russian: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Spanish: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Spanish: “Bosco-Gurin”
  • Spanish: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Swedish: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Swiss German: “Bosco Gurin”
  • Swiss German: “Bosco-Gurin”
  • Swiss German: “Gurin”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Turkish: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Ukrainian: “Боско/Гурін”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Venetian: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Volapük: “Bosco/Gurin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bosco Gurin”

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Highlights include Patriziato Bosco Gurin and Ufum Platz.

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