Switzerland
Ticino
Leventina District

Faido

Faido is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of in southern . On 29 January 2006, Faido grew by incorporating the villages of Chiggiogna, Rossura, and Calonico.
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  • Type: Village with 2,950 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH5072” and “Faido TI”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Faido railway station and Santi Lorenzo e Agata Parish Church.

Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in the canton of Ticino and municipality of Faido. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel.

Church
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Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prato and Dalpe.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . is situated 3½ km west of Faido.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in .

Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of in . On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of Faido along with the former municipalities of , , , , and .

Faido

Latitude
46.478° or 46° 28′ 41″ north
Longitude
8.8009° or 8° 48′ 3″ east
Population
2,950
Elevation
1,352 metres (4,436 feet)
Open location code
8FRCFRH2+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270419270
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285791
Wiki­data ID
Q69673
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Faido” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Faido”
  • Basque: “Faido”
  • Basque: “Faidu”
  • Breton: “Faido”
  • Bulgarian: “Файдо”
  • Catalan: “Faido”
  • Cebuano: “Faido (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Faido”
  • Chinese: “法伊多”
  • Czech: “Faido”
  • Danish: “Faido”
  • Dutch: “Faido”
  • Esperanto: “Faido”
  • French: “Faido”
  • German: “Aldescio”
  • German: “Faido”
  • Hungarian: “Faido”
  • Irish: “Faido”
  • Italian: “Faido”
  • Japanese: “ファイド”
  • Korean: “파이도”
  • Latin: “Faedum”
  • Latin: “Faedus”
  • Lombard: “Faid”
  • Lombard: “Faido”
  • Malay: “Faido”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Faido”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faido”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Faido”
  • Polish: “Faido”
  • Portuguese: “Faido”
  • Romansh: “Faido”
  • Spanish: “Faido”
  • Swedish: “Faido”
  • Swiss German: “Faido”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Faido”
  • Turkish: “Faido”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаїдо”
  • Ukrainian: “Файдо”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Faido”
  • Venetian: “Faido”
  • Vietnamese: “Faido”
  • Volapük: “Faido”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Faido”
  • Welsh: “Faido”

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Highlights include Piazza Stefano Franscini and Albergo Faido.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Faido”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.