Airolo

Airolo is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . Airolo has an elevation of 2,132 metres.
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  • Type: Village with 1,560 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Airolo TI” and “CH5061”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Airolo railway station and Parish Church of Saints Nazario and Celso.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the canton of Ticino and municipality of Airolo. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, at the southern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel.

Church
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Reservoir
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is a near St. Gotthard Pass in the canton of , . The gravity dam with a height of 36 m was completed in 1947. The dam was planned and built under control of the Swiss engineer Fritz Gigax. is situated 3½ km north of Airolo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps and Piotta.

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The region of , conventionally referred to as the , represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

Village
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is a village in the in the Swiss canton of Ticino. is situated 5 km east of Airolo.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Airolo.

Airolo

Latitude
46.529° or 46° 31′ 45″ north
Longitude
8.6086° or 8° 36′ 31″ east
Population
1,560
Elevation
2,132 metres (6,995 feet)
Open location code
8FRCGJH5+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1376769423
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285044
Wiki­data ID
Q69265
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Airolo” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Airolo”
  • Arabic: “إيرولو”
  • Basque: “Airolo”
  • Breton: “Airolo”
  • Catalan: “Airolo”
  • Cebuano: “Airolo”
  • Chinese: “艾罗洛”
  • Chinese: “艾羅洛”
  • Czech: “Airolo”
  • Danish: “Airolo”
  • Dutch: “Airolo”
  • Esperanto: “Airolo”
  • Finnish: “Airolo”
  • French: “Airolo”
  • Georgian: “აიროლო”
  • German: “Airö”
  • German: “Airolo”
  • German: “Albinasca”
  • German: “Brugnasco”
  • German: “Eriels”
  • German: “Madrano TI”
  • German: “Nante TI”
  • Hebrew: “אירולו”
  • Hungarian: “Airolo”
  • Indonesian: “Airolo”
  • Irish: “Airolo”
  • Italian: “Airolo”
  • Japanese: “アイロロ”
  • Korean: “아이롤로”
  • Lithuanian: “Airolas”
  • Lombard: “Airö”
  • Lombard: “Airoeu”
  • Lombard: “Airolo”
  • Malay: “Airolo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Airolo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Airolo”
  • Norwegian: “Airolo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Airolo”
  • Persian: “آیرولو”
  • Polish: “Airolo”
  • Portuguese: “Airolo”
  • Romanian: “Airolo”
  • Romansh: “Airolo”
  • Romansh: “Iriel”
  • Russian: “Айроло”
  • Scots: “Airolo”
  • Silesian: “Airolo”
  • Spanish: “Airolo”
  • Swedish: “Airö”
  • Swedish: “Airolo”
  • Swiss German: “Airolo”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Airolo”
  • Turkish: “Airolo”
  • Ukrainian: “Аїроло”
  • Ukrainian: “Айроло”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Airolo”
  • Urdu: “آئرولو”
  • Venetian: “Airolo”
  • Volapük: “Airolo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Airolo”
  • Welsh: “Airolo”

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