Bellinzona

Bellinzona is a city in the Italian-speaking part of and the capital of the canton of , at the foot of the and traversed by the Ticino River. It preserves its medieval atmosphere while offering modern services.
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  • Type: Town with 43,800 residents
  • Description: capital city of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bellinzona TI”
  • Postal codes: 6500 and 6503

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bellinzona Railway Station and Stadio Comunale.

Railway station
Photo: Extrawurst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the town of Bellinzona, in the canton of , . It is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard line. The station is nicknamed Porta del Ticino since the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016.

Stadium
Photo: Olos88, CC0.
Bellinzona is a multi-use in Bellinzona, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of AC Bellinzona.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giubiasco and Monte Carasso.

Village
Photo: Luca Mascaro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of in . On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of , , , , , , , , , and merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.

Village
Photo: Ticino2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of , , , , , , , , , and merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of in . It ceased to exist on 2 April 2017 when it and the municipalities of , Claro, , , , , , , , , and Sant'Antonio were merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.

Bellinzona

Latitude
46.1921° or 46° 11′ 31″ north
Longitude
9.0206° or 9° 1′ 14″ east
Population
43,800
Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)
IATA airport code
ZDI
United Nations Location Code
CH BZA
Open location code
8FRF52RC+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1376769424
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2661567
Wiki­data ID
Q64044
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Bellinzona” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Belincona”
  • Albanian: “Belinkona”
  • Albanian: “Bellinzona”
  • Arabic: “بيلينزونا”
  • Armenian: “Բելինցոնա”
  • Arpitan: “Belinçona”
  • Arpitan: “Belinzona”
  • Basque: “Bellinzona”
  • Belarusian: “Белінцона”
  • Belarusian: “Бэлінцона”
  • Breton: “Bellinzona”
  • Bulgarian: “Белинцона”
  • Catalan: “Bellinzona”
  • Cebuano: “Bellinzona (kapital sa kanton)”
  • Cebuano: “Bellinzona”
  • Chechen: “Беллинцона”
  • Chinese: “Bellinzona”
  • Chinese: “貝林佐納”
  • Chinese: “貝林佐納古堡”
  • Chinese: “贝林佐纳”
  • Croatian: “Bellinzona”
  • Czech: “Bellinzona”
  • Danish: “Bellinzona”
  • Dutch: “Bellinzona”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيلينزونا”
  • Esperanto: “Belinzono”
  • Esperanto: “Bellinzona”
  • Estonian: “Bellinzona”
  • Finnish: “Bellinzona”
  • French: “Bellinzone”
  • Galician: “Bellinzona”
  • Georgian: “ბელინცონა”
  • German: “Artore”
  • German: “Bellenz”
  • German: “Bellinzona”
  • German: “Carasso TI”
  • German: “Daro”
  • German: “Galbisio”
  • German: “Lusanico”
  • German: “Molinazzo d‘ Arbedo”
  • German: “Ravecchia”
  • German: “Stadtbefestigung Bellinzona”
  • Greek: “Μπελλιντσόνα”
  • Hebrew: “בלינזונה”
  • Hebrew: “בלינצונה”
  • Hindi: “बेलिंज़ोआ”
  • Hungarian: “Bellinzona”
  • Indonesian: “Bellinzona”
  • Irish: “Bellinzona”
  • Italian: “Bellinzona”
  • Japanese: “ベッリンツォーナ”
  • Japanese: “ベリンゾーナ”
  • Japanese: “ベリンツォーナ”
  • Kazakh: “Беллинцона”
  • Kirghiz: “Беллинцона”
  • Korean: “벨린초나”
  • Kurdish: “Bellinzona”
  • Latin: “Baltiona”
  • Latin: “Bilitio”
  • Latvian: “Bellincona”
  • Lithuanian: “Belincona”
  • Lithuanian: “Bellinzona”
  • Lombard: “Belinsòna”
  • Lombard: “Belinsùna”
  • Lombard: “Belinzona”
  • Lombard: “Belinzòna”
  • Lombard: “Belinzuna”
  • Lombard: “Bellinzona”
  • Lombard: “Bellinzòna”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bellinzona”
  • Macedonian: “Белинцона”
  • Malay: “Bellinzona”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bellinzona”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bellinzona”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bellinzona”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bellinzona”
  • Norwegian: “Bellinzona”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bellinzona”
  • Ossetian: “Беллинцонæ”
  • Persian: “بلانزونا”
  • Persian: “بلینتسونا”
  • Piemontese: “Belinzòna”
  • Polish: “Bellinzona”
  • Portuguese: “Bellinzona”
  • Romanian: “Bellinzona”
  • Romansh: “Bellinzona”
  • Romansh: “Blizuna”
  • Russian: “Беллинцона”
  • Scots: “Bellinzona”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bellinzona”
  • Serbian: “Bellence”
  • Serbian: “Bellinzona”
  • Serbian: “Белинцона”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bellinzona”
  • Sicilian: “Bellinzona”
  • Silesian: “Bellinzona”
  • Slovak: “Bellinzona”
  • Slovenian: “Bellinzona”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بلانزونا”
  • Spanish: “Bellinzona”
  • Swahili: “Bellinzona”
  • Swedish: “Bellinzona”
  • Swiss German: “Bellinzona”
  • Tatar: “Беллинцона”
  • Thai: “เบลลินโซนา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bellinzona”
  • Turkish: “Bellinzona”
  • Turkish: “Bellinzone”
  • Ukrainian: “Беллінцона”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bellinzona”
  • Urdu: “بیلنزونا”
  • Venetian: “Bełanxona”
  • Venetian: “Belanzana”
  • Venetian: “Belanzona”
  • Volapük: “Bellinzona”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bellinzona”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیلنزونا”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝林佐纳”
  • “Bellinzona”

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