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Vezia
Ticinovillage
Total population
1,966
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Vezia is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
Vezia has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.9% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 26.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 15.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 23.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 16.5% is used for growing crops, while 5.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 26.6% is used for alpine pastures.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Ticino
- Savosa0.5 mi away · pop. 2,276
- Cadempino0.7 mi away · pop. 1,512
- Massagno0.9 mi away · pop. 6,119
- Manno1 mi away · pop. 1,270
- Comano1.2 mi away · pop. 2,061
- Bosco Luganese1.3 mi away
- Gravesano1.4 mi away · pop. 1,243
- Lamone1.4 mi away · pop. 1,766
- Canobbio1.6 mi away · pop. 2,065
- Lugano1.6 mi away · pop. 67,000
- Bioggio1.6 mi away · pop. 2,801
- Sorengo1.8 mi away · pop. 1,861
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
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Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5231
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,914
- Wikidata
- Q70126
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • 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