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Ghirone

Ghirone was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of in . On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Ghirone would merge with , , and to form a new municipality to be called .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: former municipality of Switzerland in Ticino
  • Postal code: 6720

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sosto and Pizzo Pianca.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Swiss , overlooking in the canton of . It lies south of the and west of the .

Peak
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is a mountain of the Swiss , located north of in the canton of . On its southern side it overlooks the .

Reservoir
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is a in , . The reservoir has a volume of 108 million m³ and a surface area of 1.27 km2. It is located in the upper Blenio valley, in the municipalities of Ghirone and Aquila. is situated 2½ km northeast of Ghirone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Campo Blenio and Olivone.

Village
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was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of in . On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that would merge with , Ghirone, and to form a new municipality to be called .

Village
Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 2.5.
was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of in . On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that would merge with , , Ghirone and to form a new municipality to be called . is situated 3½ km south of Ghirone.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of in . On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that would merge with , Ghirone, and to form a new municipality to be called . is situated 6 km south of Ghirone.

Ghirone

Latitude
46.56019° or 46° 33′ 37″ north
Longitude
8.9448° or 8° 56′ 41″ east
Elevation
1,238 metres (4,062 feet)
Open location code
8FRCHW6V+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3402660210
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
8533639
Wiki­data ID
Q692767
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Upper Sorbian—“Ghirone” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Ghirone”
  • French: “Ghirone”
  • German: “Ghirone”
  • Irish: “Ghirone”
  • Italian: “Ghirone”
  • Lombard: “Ghiron”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghirone”
  • Portuguese: “Ghirone”
  • Romansh: “Ghirone”
  • Turkish: “Ghirone”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ghirone”

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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 “Ghirone”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.