Gambarogno TI

TI is the abbreviation for the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Gambarogno .

Gambarogno

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Locarno districtw
Circle :	Gambarogno district
BFS no. :	5398i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6571 Indemini 6573 Magadino 6574 Vira 6575 San Nazzaro 6576 Gerra (Gambarogno) 6577 Sant'Abbondio 6578 Caviano 6579 Piazzogna 6594 Contone
Coordinates :	705 977 / 110204 coordinates: 46 ° 8 '6 " N , 8 ° 48' 36" O ; CH1903: 705 977 / 11020446.135 8.81 196
Height :	196 m above sea level M.
Height range :	193–1962 m above sea level M.
Area :	51.79 km²
Residents:	5192 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	100 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.gambarogno.ch
Location of the municipality
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Gambarogno , in Lombard local dialect Gambarögn, is a municipality in the county gambarogno , district of Locarno , in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1933)

The municipality covers the entire left bank of the Langensee from the Magadino plain to the Italian border and from the lake (193 m above sea level) to the summit of Monte Tamaro (1960 m above sea level).

history

The municipality of Gambarogno was created on April 25, 2010 through the merger of the municipalities of the Gambarogno County, namely Caviano , Contone , Gerra (Gambarogno) , Indemini , Magadino , Piazzogna , San Nazzaro , Sant'Abbondio and Vira .

The merger was approved on November 25, 2007 by the voters of eight municipalities, with a majority of 66% to 84%. Only San Nazzaro spoke out against the consolidation of municipalities with 60% no votes. On June 23, 2008, the canton parliament decided to merge all nine municipalities, as stipulated by law under certain conditions - a departure from San Nazzaro would have split the new municipality in two. An appeal was lodged with the Federal Supreme Court against this parliamentary decision . Since this was rejected, the way to the church merger was free.

population

Population development
year	2010	2017	2018
Residents	4888	5137	5192

Urban sprawl

The municipality of Gambarogno is an example of the large-scale urban sprawl that is common around Swiss lakes. In contrast to the opposite agglomeration of Locarno, the municipality of Gambarogno is not an urban area in which high settlement pressure would be expected, but rather a rural area with a low population density. What is striking about the municipality of Gambarogno is that the urban sprawl has nevertheless led to an uncontrolled merging of places that are more than three kilometers apart, for example the stretch from Gerra to Dirinella. The lakeshore from Magadino to San Nazzaro is also built over with widely scattered houses. The urban sprawl in Gambarogno is not limited to the lake shore; the villages above Lake Maggiore have also largely grown together. The only former municipality that is hardly affected by urban sprawl is the mountain village of Indemini.

Culture and sport

Circolo di Cultura del Gambarogno
Mostra Internazionale di Scultura all'Aperto del Gambarogno
Football Club Gambarogno-Contone (formerly: Unione Sportiva Gambarogno)

Attractions

Parish Church of San Carlo
Tomb of the Meschini family
Villa Ghisler (1843/1844), architect: Giacomo Moraglia
Oratory Madonna della Neve
Former Hotel Belle-Vue et de la Poste (1909)
House called Hostaria di San Carlo
Church of San Nicola di Bari (1953), architect: Giacomo Alberti
Fortresses Gambarogno-Magadino
Forte Olimpo
Bolle di Magadino
Schalenstein in the Strada Romana district (335 m above sea level).

Indemini
Magadino
Vira

Personalities

See the relevant chapters in the individual articles on the former municipalities of Caviano , Contone , Gerra (Gambarogno) , Indemini , Magadino , Piazzogna , San Nazzaro , Sant'Abbondio and Vira .

literature

Pierre Amsler: Vita di un paese nel Gambarogno (life in a village). Two volumes. Edited by the Società Svizzera per le Tradizioni Popolari. Basel 2010.
Federica Branca-Masa: Gambarogno (= Swiss Art Guide, No. 514). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1993, ISBN 978-3-85782-514-9 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0
Giuseppe Ritter: Criss-cross through the Gambarogno. A guide for hikers and nature lovers. Ente turistico del Gambarogno, Vira 1975.
Editing: Gambarogno (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 28, 2016 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
Graziano Tarilli: Gambarogno (region). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed December 31, 2019 .