Verscio
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Verscio is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cavigliano, Tegna and Verscio merged on 14 April 2013 into the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Verscio
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Verscio mit Kirche.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Verscio village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Verscio-coat_of_arms.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Verscio Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Locarno
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6653
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5133
- Swiss town.area
- 3.0
- Swiss town.elevation
- 245
- Swiss town.population
- 1091
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2011
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Avegno, Cavigliano, Losone, Maggia, Tegna
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 3.8
- Elevation
- 275
- Official website
- www.verscio.ch
- Image
- Verscio mit Kirche.jpg
- Dialing code
- 091
- Licence plate code
- TI
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- Verscio
- postal code
- 6653
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Verscio is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cavigliano, Tegna and Verscio merged on 14 April 2013 into the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte.
==Geography== thumb|Aerial view (1953) Before the merger, Verscio had a total area of . Of this area, or 15.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 65.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 8.3% is unproductive land.
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