Switzerland
Ticino
Locarno District

Brissago

Brissago is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in , bordering . Brissago lies on the western shore of and includes the .
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  • Type: Village with 1,800 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Brissago TI” and “CH5097”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isola di San Pancrazio and Sanctuary of Santa Maria Addolorata del Sacro Monte di Brissago, with Stations of the Cross.

Islet
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is an islet.

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Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ascona and Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore.

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is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of in . It is on the shore of . The town is a popular tourist destination and holds the yearly Jazz Festival.

Village
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is a former municipality of Italy, now frazione of the municipality of in the .

Village
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is a municipality near in the canton of in around 5 kilometers along the shore north of the border with .

Brissago

Latitude
46.1201° or 46° 7′ 12″ north
Longitude
8.7121° or 8° 42′ 44″ east
Population
1,800
Elevation
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)
Open location code
8FRC4PC6+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60159149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285340
Wiki­data ID
Q69706
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Brissago” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Brissago”
  • Basque: “Brissago”
  • Breton: “Brissago”
  • Catalan: “Brissago”
  • Cebuano: “Brissago”
  • Chinese: “布里萨戈”
  • Chinese: “布里薩戈”
  • Czech: “Brissago”
  • Dutch: “Brissago”
  • Esperanto: “Brissago”
  • Finnish: “Brissago”
  • French: “Brissago TI”
  • French: “Brissago”
  • German: “Brissago TI”
  • German: “Brissago”
  • Hungarian: “Brissago”
  • Irish: “Brissago”
  • Italian: “Brissago”
  • Latin: “Brixagum”
  • Latin: “Brixagus”
  • Lombard: “Brissàch”
  • Lombard: “Brissagh”
  • Lombard: “Brissago”
  • Malay: “Brissago”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brissago”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brissago”
  • Norwegian: “Brissago”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brissago”
  • Polish: “Brissago (Szwajcaria)”
  • Polish: “Brissago”
  • Portuguese: “Brissago”
  • Romansh: “Brissago”
  • Russian: “Бриссаго”
  • Sicilian: “Brissago”
  • Spanish: “Brissago”
  • Swedish: “Brissago”
  • Swiss German: “Brissago TI”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Brissago TI”
  • Turkish: “Brissago”
  • Ukrainian: “Бріссаго”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Brissago”
  • Venetian: “Brissago”
  • Volapük: “Brissago”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brissago”
  • Welsh: “Brissago”

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