Lago di Palagnedra
Lago di Palagnedra is a manmade lake at Palagnedra, Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir has a capacity of 4,260,000 m3 and a surface area of 25 ha. The dam on the Melezza river was completed in 1952, height 72 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Centovalli in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bacino di Palagnedra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Camedo railway station and St Michael’s parish church.
Camedo railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Wenger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camedo railway station is a railway station in the lower part of the village of Camedo, Switzerland. It is located on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Domodossola–Locarno line of the Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino.
Palagnedra train station
Railway stop
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palagnedra train station is a railway stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borgnone and Camedo.
Borgnone
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borgnone is a hamlet part of the municipality of Centovalli in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Not to be confused with much bigger Camedo or with Lionza or Costa.
Camedo
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Camedo is a Swiss village near the border with Italy. Camedo is part of the Swiss municipality of Centovalli located in Canton Ticino. Camedo is one of the most important villages among the 19 localities of Centovalli. due to its strategic location just at the border with Italy being an official border post.
Palagnedra
Village
Photo: Xenophon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palagnedra is a village and a locality part of the municipality of Centovalli in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Lago di Palagnedra is located below the village, on the Melezza river.
Lago di Palagnedra
- Category: body of water
- Location: Centovalli, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.15681° or 46° 9′ 25″ northLongitude
8.61867° or 8° 37′ 7″ eastElevation
518 metres (1,699 feet)Open location code
8FRC5J49+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 363179823OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
11396393Wikidata ID
Q681738
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Lago di Palagnedra” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- French: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- German: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- Italian: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Palagnedra”
- Romansh: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- Slovenian: “Lago di Palagnedra”
- Spanish: “Palagnedra”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Lago di Palagnedra”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 2.5.