Biasca
Sign in to saveBiasca 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
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- 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.