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Biasca
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Also known as Biasca TI

Biasca is a town of the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Biasca
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Biasca1.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
View of Biasca and the surrounding valley
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Biasca TI COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Biasca Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Ticino
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-TI
Swiss town.district
Riviera
Swiss town.postal_code
6710
Swiss town.municipality_code
5281
Swiss town.area
59.13
Swiss town.elevation
301
Swiss town.population
5935
Swiss town.populationof
December 2004
Swiss town.popofyear
2004
Swiss town.website
biasca.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title
Sindaco Loris Galbusera

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Early history
  • Under the Swiss Confederation
  • Early Modern Biasca
  • Modern Biasca
  • Churches of Biasca
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Weather
  • Education
  • Transport
  • Sport
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Biasca is a town of the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

==History== Biasca is first mentioned in 830 as Aviasca in the Liber viventium of Pfäfers Abbey. In 1119 it was mentioned as Abiasca.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biasca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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