Muralto
Sign in to saveMuralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Muralto
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Muralto veduta.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- city
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Muralto-coat_of_arms.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Muralto Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Locarno
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6600
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5120
- Swiss town.area
- 0.6
- Swiss town.elevation
- 207
- Swiss town.population
- 2861
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2017
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2017
- Swiss town.website
- muralto.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Sindaco
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Locarno, Minusio, Orselina, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro
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Muralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
==Geography== thumb|View of Lake Maggiore, with (l-r) Vogorno, Mergoscia, Gordola, Minusio, Brione sopra Minusio, Muralto, Locarno thumb|Aerial view from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) Muralto has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 93.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.7% is unproductive land.