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Bedano
Ticinovillage
Bedano
Total population
1,529
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Bedano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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History
During the Middle Ages it was under the jurisdiction of the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan, while the Bishop of Como possessed the right to tithe in Bedano. It is part of the parish of Gravesano. In the village there are two chapels, the Chapel of Santa Maria (built in 1365, rebuilt before 1636) and S. Rocco from the 16th Century. North of Bedano are ruins of a small castle, which may have belonged to the Rusca family. Under Swiss Confederation rule, it was as a part of the district of Lugano. At times, a large percentage of the population emigrated, due to poor conditions in the village. It is the original home of the artist and architect family, Albertolli, including Giocondo Albertolli. Like the rest of Vedeggio valley, in recent decades it has experienced, industrial growth, aided by a freight rail station at Bioggio.
Geography
Bedano has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 53.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 27.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 46.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.0% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Lugano district, on the right bank of the Vedeggio. The old village center lies on the old Ponte Tresa to Monte Ceneri Pass road.
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Geography
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Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
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Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about Bedano
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5148
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,510
- Wikidata
- Q68799
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