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Corippo

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Corippo

Total population

12

Elevation563 m
Land area7.71 km²
Coordinates46.24°, 8.84°

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City facts

Elevation
563 m
Area
7.71 km²

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Overview

Corippo is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Corippo is first mentioned in 1224 as Culipo. In 1374 it was mentioned as Quorippo.

Geography

Corippo had an area, , of . Of this area, or 0.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 64.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 0.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 23.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.1%. Out of the forested land, 51.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.8% is used for growing crops. Of the water in the municipality, 2.5% is in lakes and 1.8% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 17.5% is unproductive vegetation and 6.0% is too rocky for vegetation. The village is located in the Locarno district, on the western slope of the Verzasca valley, above the lake. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Corippo.

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Geography

Latitude
46.2358
Longitude
8.8410
Water area
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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
5102
Population (Wikidata)
11
Wikidata
Q69991

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

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  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771