Faido
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Faido (; ) is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Faido
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Faido.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Waterfall near Faido village
- Swiss town.image_flag
- CHE Faido Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Faido-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Leventina
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6760
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5072
- Swiss town.area
- 25.4
- Swiss town.elevation
- 711
- Swiss town.population
- 1522
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.faido.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Corrado Nastasi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Faido
- Demonym
- faidesi
- Country
- Switzerland
- Official language
- Italian
- Population
- 2903
- Area
- 126.25
- Elevation
- 1352
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Ticino
- Shares border with
- Sonogno
- Official website
- www.faido.ch
- Image
- FaidoDSCN6898.JPG
- Dialing code
- 091
- Licence plate code
- TI
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Faido
- Commons category
- Faido
- postal code
- 6760
- replaces
- Anzonico
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/5072
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Historic Population
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Weather
- Education
- Crime
- Transport
- References
- External links
Faido (; ) is the capital of the district of Leventina in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
On 29 January 2006, Faido grew by incorporating the villages of Chiggiogna, Rossura, and Calonico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faido” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
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