Camedo
Camedo is a Swiss village near the border with Italy. Camedo is part of the Swiss municipality of Centovalli located in Canton Ticino. Camedo is one of the most important villages among the 19 localities of Centovalli. due to its strategic location just at the border with Italy being an official border post.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 70 residents
- Description: place in Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Càmedo”
- Postal code: 6659
Places of Interest
Highlights include Camedo railway station and Lago di Palagnedra.
Camedo railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Wenger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camedo railway station is a railway station in the lower part of the village of Camedo, Switzerland. It is located on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Domodossola–Locarno line of the Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino.
Lago di Palagnedra
Reservoir
Lago di Palagnedra is a manmade lake at Palagnedra, Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir has a capacity of 4,260,000 m3 and a surface area of 25 ha. The dam on the Melezza river was completed in 1952, height 72 m.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borgnone and Palagnedra.
Borgnone
Hamlet
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Borgnone is a hamlet part of the municipality of Centovalli in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Not to be confused with much bigger Camedo or with Lionza or Costa.
Palagnedra
Village
Photo: Xenophon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palagnedra is a village and a locality part of the municipality of Centovalli in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Lago di Palagnedra is located below the village, on the Melezza river.
Camedo
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Centovalli, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.15553° or 46° 9′ 20″ northLongitude
8.60883° or 8° 36′ 32″ eastPopulation
70Elevation
541 metres (1,775 feet)Open location code
8FRC5J45+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 9177078952OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3181106Wikidata ID
Q61911002
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Camedo” goes by many names.
- German: “Camedo”
- Italian: “Camedo”
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