Blenio
Blenio is a municipality of the district of Blenio, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Blenio was created on 22 October 2006 when it incorporated the formerly autonomous municipalities of Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre of the upper Blenio valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cima di Pinadee and Blenio museum.
Cima di Pinadee
Peak
Cima di Pinadee is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, located east of Olivone in the canton of Ticino. It lies between the Valle di Blenio and the Val di Carassino, north of the Passo di Piotta. Cima di Pinadee is situated 3½ km northeast of Blenio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acquarossa and Olivone.
Acquarossa
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Acquarossa is the capital of the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipality was created on 4 April 2004 by a merger of Castro, Corzoneso, Dongio, Largario, Leontica, Lottigna, Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco. Acquarossa is situated 5 km south of Blenio.
Olivone
Village
Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Olivone was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Olivone would merge with Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio.
Aquila
Village
Photo: Gattoarturo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aquila is a former municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Aquila would merge with Campo Blenio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre to form a new municipality to be called Blenio.
Blenio
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Blenio District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.5011° or 46° 30′ 4″ northLongitude
8.9359° or 8° 56′ 9″ eastPopulation
1,790Elevation
1,682 metres (5,518 feet)Open location code
8FRCGW2P+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 240056232OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7285270Wikidata ID
Q68789
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Blenio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Blenio”
- Basque: “Blenio”
- Breton: “Blenio”
- Bulgarian: “Бленио”
- Catalan: “Blenio”
- Cebuano: “Blenio”
- Chinese: “布莱尼奥”
- Chinese: “布萊尼奧”
- Czech: “Blenio”
- Dutch: “Blenio”
- Esperanto: “Blenio”
- French: “Blenio”
- German: “Blenio”
- German: “Bollenz”
- Hungarian: “Blenio”
- Irish: “Blenio”
- Italian: “Blenio”
- Italian: “Sommascona”
- Latin: “Blegnium”
- Lombard: “Blenio”
- Lombard: “Bregn”
- Malay: “Blenio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blenio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blenio”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Blenio”
- Polish: “Blenio”
- Portuguese: “Blenio”
- Romanian: “Blenio”
- Romansh: “Blenio”
- Slovenian: “Blenio”
- Spanish: “Blenio”
- Swedish: “Blenio”
- Swiss German: “Blenio”
- Tosk Albanian: “Blenio”
- Turkish: “Blenio”
- Ukrainian: “Бленіо”
- Upper Sorbian: “Blenio”
- Venetian: “Blenio”
- Vietnamese: “Blenio”
- Volapük: “Blenio”
- Waray (Philippines): “Blenio”
- Welsh: “Blenio”
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