Acquarossa

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Acquarossa means red water and may refer to:Acquarossa, Italy, an ancient Etruscan settlement Acquarossa, Switzerland, the capital of the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Antonio Arcioni

Swiss politician (1811-1859)

Martino da Como

Italian culinary expert

Leonardo Genoni

Swiss ice hockey goaltender

Stefano Franscini

Swiss statistician and politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1796-1857)

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Carlo Pometta

Swiss judge (1896-1979)

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Sandro Beretta

Swiss author (1926-1960)

Moisés Santiago Bertoni

Paraguayan politician and Swiss botanist (1857-1929)

Arialdo Giobbi

Italian basketball player (1923-2018)

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Brenno Bertoni

Swiss journalist and politician (1860-1945)

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Giuseppe Martinoli

Swiss Catholic bishop (1903-1994)

Paolo Paoloni

Italian actor (1929-2019)

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Umberto Menegalli

fencer

Valerio Giobbi

Italian basketball coach

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Giorgio Cambissa

Italian composer (1921-1998)

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Carlo Gatti

British businessman (1817-1878)

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G. Fred Galli

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ticino

• Prugiasco
  0.7 mi away
• Castro
  1.3 mi away
• Ponto Valentino
  1.9 mi away
• Torre
  2.4 mi away
• Blenio
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,792
• Aquila
  3.4 mi away
• Malvaglia
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,316
• Semione
  3.5 mi away · pop. 320
• Sobrio
  4.3 mi away · pop. 80
• Giornico
  4.8 mi away · pop. 872
• Olivone
  5.2 mi away
• Personico
  6 mi away · pop. 334

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Acquarossa

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

woodlouse ant

Myrmecina graminicola

Seen 2026-09-20

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-20

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-19

watermint

Mentha aquatica

Seen 2026-09-19

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-19

Common vervain

Verbena officinalis

Seen 2026-09-19

Phyllosticta cruenta

Phyllosticta cruenta

Seen 2026-09-19

wavyleaf basketgrass

Oplismenus undulatifolius

Seen 2026-09-19

Pale Brittlestem

Candolleomyces candolleanus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers