Minusio

Minusio is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of in .
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  • Type: Village with 7,250 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: CH5118” and “Minusio TI
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Locarno Film Festival and Locarno railway station.

Recreation area
The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in , . Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs.

Railway station
serves the city of , in the canton of , . However, the station is located within the adjacent municipality of , near the shore of .

Castle
Italian: Castello Visconteo is a castle in , . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. In January 2004, the historian Marino Vigano' speculated that it may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci: after 7 years of studies, the Leonardo's Rivellino was recognized as a Da Vinci project.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Locarno and Tenero.

is a city at the northern end of in . The city, along with and , hosts an international film festival, the third oldest important cinema festival in the world.

is a small town located on the northern shore in , the Italian-speaking part of . It is about 4 km from .

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.

Minusio

Latitude
46.1755° or 46° 10′ 32″ north
Longitude
8.8118° or 8° 48′ 43″ east
Population
7,250
Elevation
798 metres (2,618 feet)
Open location code
8FRC5RG6+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59991061
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7286509
Wiki­data ID
Q69065
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Minusio” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Minusio
  • Armenian: Մինուսիո
  • Basque: Minusio
  • Belarusian: Мінусіа
  • Bulgarian: Минузио
  • Catalan: Minusio
  • Cebuano: Minusio (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Minusio
  • Chinese: 米努西奥
  • Chinese: 米努西奧
  • Czech: Minusio
  • Danish: Minusio
  • Dutch: Minusio
  • Esperanto: Minusio
  • Finnish: Maniss
  • Finnish: Minusio
  • Finnish: Minüüs
  • French: Minusio
  • German: Maniss
  • German: Minusio
  • German: Minüüs
  • Greek: Μινούσιο
  • Hebrew: מינוסיו
  • Hungarian: Minusio
  • Irish: Minusio
  • Italian: Minusio
  • Japanese: ミヌージオ
  • Latin: Menuxio
  • Latin: Menuxius
  • Lombard: Minus
  • Lombard: Minüs
  • Lombard: Minusio
  • Malay: Minusio
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Minusio
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Minusio
  • Norwegian: Minusio
  • Occitan (post 1500): Minusio
  • Persian: مینوزیو
  • Polish: Minusio
  • Portuguese: Minusio
  • Romansh: Minusio
  • Russian: Минузио
  • Silesian: Minusio
  • Spanish: Minusio
  • Swedish: Minusio
  • Swiss German: Minusio
  • Tosk Albanian: Minusio
  • Turkish: Minusio
  • Ukrainian: Мінузіо
  • Upper Sorbian: Minusio
  • Venetian: Minusio
  • Volapük: Minusio
  • Waray (Philippines): Minusio
  • Welsh: Minusio

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Municipio Minusio and Church of Saints Roch and Quirico.

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