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Monte Carasso
Ticinovillage
Monte Carasso
Total population
2,872
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Monte Carasso is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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History
Monte Carasso is first mentioned in 1348 as Monte Carassio. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, the residents of Monte Casasso had a permanent right to appoint representatives in the Council of Bellinzona. The inhabitants of the four village that made up the municipality lived mainly in the various groups on the mountain. As of 1506 the villagers of Monte Carasso possessed transportation rights across the river Ticino. The ferry was an important link across the river, as the Torretta Bridge was destroyed in 1515 and wasn't rebuilt until 1815. In 1634 the church of Monte Carasso separated from the parish of Bellinzona. The parish church of Saints Bernardino and Jerome was probably built in the late 15th century on the site of a Roman oratory and affiliated with an Augustinian convent. The church separated from the convent of S. Maria Elisabetta in Como in 1555. It was restored in 1905–06. The church of San Bernardo dates back to the 12th-13th centuries and contains important frescoes of the Seregneser masters from the 15th century. The chapel of Madonna della Valle was built in the 17th century. The Church of SS. Trinità was finished in 1655. Grazing and cultivation were for centuries the main source of income for the population. From the mid-19th century, there were a large number of former residents who emigrated overseas. To create jobs for the Lombardy refugees in Switzerland, in 1853 the so-called Fortini della fame fortifications were built. After a project by Luigi Snozzi the village was renovated in the 1980s. The first stage, between 1987 and 1993, was the restoration of the former Augustinian convent, which today houses the primary school and cultural center. In 1998 the Fondazione Curzutt was founded with the aim of reviving the old settlement…
Geography
Monte Carasso has an area, , of . Of this area, or 8.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 61.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 18.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 57.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.2% is used for growing crops, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 11.9% is unproductive vegetation and 6.5% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Bellinzona district, on the right bank of the Ticino. It belongs to the agglomeration of Bellinzona.
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Nearby places in Ticino
- Sementina0.5 mi away · pop. 3,217
- Bellinzona1.1 mi away · pop. 43,785
- Giubiasco1.2 mi away · pop. 8,751
- Carasso1.3 mi away
- Camorino1.7 mi away · pop. 2,809
- Pianezzo1.9 mi away · pop. 650
- Gorduno2.7 mi away · pop. 817
- Gudo2.7 mi away · pop. 839
- Sant'Antonino2.7 mi away · pop. 2,310
- S. Antonio (Val Morobbia)3.1 mi away · pop. 234
- Cadenazzo3.6 mi away · pop. 2,544
- Cugnasco3.7 mi away · pop. 1,376
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5013
- Wikidata
- Q70075
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
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- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771