Rancate

Rancate was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.

Type: Village with 1,620 residents
Description: village and former municipality in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Postal code: 6862

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst and Mendrisio railway station.

Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst is a museum.

Mendrisio railway station

Railway station

Photo: Arbalete, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mendrisio railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Mendrisio. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and is also the junction for the Mendrisio–Varese line, formerly freight-only, but which was rebuilt as an international connection to Varese.

FoxTown Factory Stores

Shopping center

Photo: Gaetano Biondo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

FoxTown Factory Stores is a shopping center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Besazio and Tremona.

Besazio

Village

Besazio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013, the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.

Tremona

Village

Tremona was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.

Ligornetto

Village

Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ligornetto is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.

Rancate

Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
Location: Mendrisio, Mendrisio District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.8706° or 45° 52′ 14″ north

Longitude

8.96785° or 8° 58′ 4″ east

Population

1,620

Elevation

370 metres (1,214 feet)

United Nations Location Code

CH RCT

Open location code

8FQCVXC9+64

OpenStreetMap ID

node 240048725

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

8469260

Wikidata ID

Q661294

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Volapük—“Rancate” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Rancate”
French: “Rancate”
German: “Rancate”
Irish: “Rancate”
Italian: “Rancate”
Lombard: “Rencaa”
Macedonian: “Ранкате”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Rancate”
Portuguese: “Rancate”
Romansh: “Rancate”
Slovenian: “Rancate”
Swedish: “Rancate”
Swiss German: “Rancate”
Turkish: “Rancate”
Venetian: “Rancate”
Volapük: “Rancate”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Santo Stefano Parish Church and Cimitero di Rancate.

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