Morcote

Also known as Morcote TI

Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Morcote
Swiss town.image_photo: Morcote Aerial.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Morcote COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Morcote Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Ticino
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-TI
Swiss town.district: Lugano
Swiss town.postal_code: 6922
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5203
Swiss town.area: 2.8
Swiss town.elevation: 272
Swiss town.population: 755
Swiss town.populationof: December 2007
Swiss town.popofyear: 2007
Swiss town.website: www.morcote.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Giacomo Caratti
Swiss town.mayor_title: Sindaco

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History
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Heritage sites of national significance
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Demographics
Notable people
Politics
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Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano.

==History== right|thumb|upright|Morcote's lakefront. The town's development and history are connected to the lake thumb|Aerial view from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1929)

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