What is the population of Balerna, Ticino?

Balerna has a population of approximately 3,303 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Balerna, Ticino located?

Balerna is located in Ticino, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 45.8492°, 9.0071°.

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Balerna

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Total population

3,303

Elevation252 m

Land area2.53 km²

Coordinates45.85°, 9.01°

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

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City facts

Elevation

252 m

Area

2.53 km²

Official website

www.balerna.ch

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Balerna is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

History & geography

History

Balerna is first mentioned in 1115 as Barerna.

Geography

Balerna has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 77.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land. Of the built-up area, industrial buildings made up 15.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 25.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 30.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.9% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.7%. Out of the forested land, 2.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.6% is used for growing crops and 25.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Mendrisio district. The municipal area, crossed by transit axes of the Gotthard line, also includes the settlements of Caslaccio, Mercole, S.Antonio, Bisio, Pontegana, Passeggiata.

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Geography

Latitude

45.8492

Longitude

9.0071

Water area

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

Climate

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Wildlife & biodiversity

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Martino Longhi the Elder

Italian architect (1534–1591)

Enrico Butti

Italian sculptor (1847-1932)

Aldo Nove

Italian poet and writer

Fausto Papetti

naturalized Swiss, Italian recording artist; alto saxophone player (1923–1999)

Paolo Bernasconi

Italian footballer (1938-)

Gianni Danzi

Roman Catholic bishop (1940-2007)

Onorio Longhi

Italian architect (1568–1619)

Giovanni da Milano

painter from Lombardy, active between 1346 and 1369. (1325–1370)

Flaminio Ponzio

Italian architect (1560–1613)

Italian sculptor (1845-1916)

Antonio Bottinelli

Italian sculptor (1827-1898)

Attilio Papis

Italian association football player

Elia Vincenzo Buzzi

Italian sculptor (1708-1780)

Ettore Cedraschi

Italian sculptor (1909-1996)

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

Nearby places in Ticino

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

3.78

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,381

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

187

Avg daily Wikipedia views

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Balerna

Ricerche micropaleontologiche e stratigrafiche sulla scaglia e sul flysch cretacici dei dintorni di Balerna (Canton Ticino)

Rolando Gandolfi · 1942

Per conoscere la Svizzera italiana

1985

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr: 5242
Population (Wikidata): 3,269
Wikidata: Q70141

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata
• Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
• Wikipedia Pageviews API
• Open Library
• Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
• BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771