Blenio

Also known as Blenio TI

Blenio is a municipality of the district of Blenio, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Blenio
Swiss town.image_photo: Aquila TI.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Blenio COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Blenio Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Ticino
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-TI
Swiss town.district: Blenio
Swiss town.postal_code: 6718
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5049
Swiss town.area: 263.9
Swiss town.elevation: 902
Swiss town.population: 1844
Swiss town.populationof: December 2006
Swiss town.popofyear: 2006
Swiss town.website: http://www.comuneblenio.ch/
Swiss town.mayor_title: Claudia Boschetti Staub
Swiss town.places: Aquila, Campo Blenio, Dandrio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Municipality of Switzerland
Official name: Blenio
Country: Switzerland
Official language: Italian
Population: 1803
Area: 202
Elevation: 902
Body of water: Brenno
Shares border with: Acquarossa
Official website: www.comuneblenio.ch
Image: Aquila TI.jpg
Dialing code: 091
Licence plate code: TI

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Commons category: Blenio
postal code: 6720
replaces: Campo
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5049

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

History
Aquila
Ghirone
Olivone
Coat of arms
Geography
Demographics
Historical population
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Education
Economy
Housing
References

Blenio is a municipality of the district of Blenio, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

Blenio was created on 22 October 2006 when it incorporated the formerly autonomous municipalities of Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone, Olivone and Torre of the upper Blenio valley.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blenio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.