Bosco/Gurin

Featured view

Bosco/Gurin

Total population

56

Coordinates46.32°, 8.49°

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

Overview

Bosco/Gurin is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is near the end of the valley of Bosco Gurin, near the Italian border. Despite the overall prominence of Italian in Ticino, the small municipality of Bosco/Gurin is historically German-speaking.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

P

Pietro Morettini

Swiss architect and engineer

P

Plinio Martini

Swiss writer (1923-1979)

Gianfredo Camesi

Swiss artist (born 1940)

G

Giacomo Angelo Lotti

Swiss notary and politician (1784-1850)

G

Giacomo Francesco Lotti

Swiss politician (1759-1814)

S

Sisto Scilligo

Italian Alpini soldier and skier

Vincenzo Pedrazzini

Swiss politician

A

Antonio Tonini

Swiss geographer and mountaineer (1828-1860)

E

Eligio Pometta

Swiss journalist and politician (1865-1950)

Hans Tomamichel

Swiss painter (1899-1984)

P

Pio Scilligo

Italian psychologist and psychotherapist (1928-2009)

A

Achille Bacher

Italian cross-country skier

B

Benigno Ferrera

Italian sportsperson

N

Nino Anderlini

Italian cross-country skier (1926-2004)

G

Goffredo Lagger

Italian biathlete

M

Mario Bacher

Italian cross-country skier

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

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 Bosco/Gurin

Il canto popolare a Bosco o Gurin

Aristide Baragiola · 1891

Chalet architecture + design

Michelle Galindo · 2010

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-23

Northern Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Seen 2026-09-22

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-16

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-14

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-09-13

Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth

Hyles euphorbiae

Seen 2026-09-13

Silver-washed Fritillary

Argynnis paphia

Seen 2026-09-12

Ratzeburg's Woodlouse

Trachelipus ratzeburgii

Seen 2026-09-11

Persistent Waxcap

Hygrocybe acutoconica

Seen 2026-09-11

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

Official Identifiers