Bosco/Gurin
Bosco/Gurin (, Walser German: Gurin / Guryn, Lombard: Bosch / Gürin) is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is near the end of the valley of Bosco Gurin, near the Italian border. Despite the overall prominence of Italian in Ticino, the small municipality of Bosco/Gurin is historically German-speaking.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Bosco/Gurin
- Swiss town.image_photo
- BoscoGurin veduta.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Bosco-Gurin TI COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Bosco-Gurin Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Vallemaggia
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6685
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5304
- Swiss town.area
- 22.04
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1504
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Historic population
- Languages
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Bosco/Gurin (, Walser German: Gurin / Guryn, Lombard: Bosch / Gürin) is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is near the end of the valley of Bosco Gurin, near the Italian border. Despite the overall prominence of Italian in Ticino, the small municipality of Bosco/Gurin is historically German-speaking.
==History== thumb|left|Snow-covered, historic buildings in the center of the village Bosco/Gurin is first mentioned in 1244 as als Buscho de Quarinobis. Until 1934, it was known as Bosco-Vallemaggia, and in German as Gurin.