Prato-Sornico
Prato-Sornico is a former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The municipality contained the villages Prato and Sornico.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village and former municipality in Lavizzara in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Prato”
- Postal code: 6694
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pizzo di Brünesc and Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno.
Pizzo di Brünesc
Peak
Pizzo di Brünesc is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Cavergno, in the canton of Ticino. It lies at the southern end of the chain between the Val Bavona and Valle di Peccia. Pizzo di Brünesc is situated 3½ km southwest of Prato-Sornico.
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno
Church
Photo: Tirolskier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It was built between 1994 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986. Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno is situated 4 km north of Prato-Sornico.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peccia and Broglio.
Peccia
Village
Photo: Claudio Vosti, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peccia is one of six municipalities in the canton of Ticino which merged in April 2004 to form the commune of Lavizzara, with about 1000 people. The other municipalities were Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, and Prato-Sornico.
Broglio
Hamlet
Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Broglio is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, Peccia and Prato-Sornico to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.
Mogno
Village
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Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzara, a valley through which the upper Maggia River flows. Mogno is situated 4 km north of Prato-Sornico.
Prato-Sornico
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, Municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Lavizzara, Vallemaggia District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.3966° or 46° 23′ 48″ northLongitude
8.65449° or 8° 39′ 16″ eastElevation
742 metres (2,434 feet)Open location code
8FRC9MW3+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 703751378OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Prato-Sornico” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普拉托索尔尼科”
- Dutch: “Prato-Sornico”
- French: “Prato-Sornico”
- German: “Prato-Sornico”
- Irish: “Prato-Sornico”
- Italian: “Prato-Sornico”
- Lombard: “Praa-Sornigh”
- Lombard: “Prau-Sornii”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prato-Sornico”
- Swedish: “Prato-Sornico”
- Turkish: “Prato-Sornico”
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