Balerna
Sign in to saveBalerna is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Balerna
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Balerna COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Balerna Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Mendrisio
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6828
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5242
- Swiss town.area
- 2.57
- Swiss town.elevation
- 350
- Swiss town.population
- 3478
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2008
- Swiss town.website
- www.balerna.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Luca Pagani
- Swiss town.mayor_asof
- April 2012
- Swiss town.mayor_party
- PPD
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Sindaco
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Pontegana castle
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Transport
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Balerna is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
==History== Balerna is first mentioned in 1115 as Barerna. In 844 and 865, the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan purchased land in the concilium of Castel S. Pietro which would have included Balerna. In the 12th century some decimani (tithe collectors) and the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como owned land and associated rights in Balerna.