Verscio

Also known as Verscio TI

Verscio is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cavigliano, Tegna and Verscio merged on 14 April 2013 into the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Verscio
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.image_photo: Verscio mit Kirche.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Verscio village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Verscio-coat_of_arms.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Verscio Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Ticino
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-TI
Swiss town.district: Locarno
Swiss town.postal_code: 6653
Swiss town.municipality_code: 5133
Swiss town.area: 3.0
Swiss town.elevation: 245
Swiss town.population: 1091
Swiss town.populationof: Dec 2011
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Avegno, Cavigliano, Losone, Maggia, Tegna

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==Geography== thumb|Aerial view (1953) Before the merger, Verscio had a total area of . Of this area, or 15.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 65.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 8.3% is unproductive land.

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