Gorduno
Gorduno | ||
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State : | Switzerland | |
Canton : | Ticino (TI) | |
District : | Bellinzona district | |
Circle : | Bellinzona district | |
Municipality : | Bellinzona | |
Postal code : | 6518 | |
former BFS no. : | 5007 | |
Coordinates : | 723000 / 119617 | |
Height : | 281 m above sea level M. | |
Area : | 9.2 km² | |
Residents: | 817 (December 31, 2016) | |
Population density : | 89 inhabitants per km² | |
Website: | www.bellinzona.ch | |
Gorduno, photographed from the Zurich-Bellinzona express train |
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Gorduno ( Lombard Gurdügn [gurˈdyŋ] ) is a district of the municipality of Bellinzona in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Until April 1, 2017, it formed an independent political municipality .
geography
The village is located on the right bank of the Ticino River and 2 km north of the center of Bellinzona.
history
The name was first documented in 1182 as de Gurduno . Its linguistic significance is unclear.
The area was already populated in prehistoric times. Roman graves were discovered in 1924 .
In the Middle Ages, the village is first attested in 1182 as medius locus de Gorduno , in connection with a dispute between Como and the Church of Milan . The barons of Sax built a castle in Gorduno that was supposed to secure their conquests in the Bellinzona area. Gorduno has been a parish independent of Bellinzona since 1583.
On April 2, 2017, Gorduno joined the municipality of Bellinzona at the same time as the municipalities of Camorino , Claro , Giubiasco , Gnosca , Gudo , Moleno , Monte Carasso , Pianezzo , Preonzo , Sant'Antonio and Sementina .
population
Population development | |||||||||||||||
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year | 1591 | 1698 | 1784 | 1801 | 1850 | 1900 | 1920 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016 | ||||
Residents | 400 | 362 | 300 | 262 | 299 | 426 | 430 | 467 | 621 | 727 | 817 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of Santi Rocco e Sebastiano
- Church of Santi Carpoforo e Maurizio with frescoes
- Castle ruins on the San Carpoforo hill
- old stone bridge.
music
- Societä Filarmonica Gorduno on febati.ch
- Sciüruband
Sports
- Associazione Sportiva Gorduno
- Raggruppamento GOAL
- Sci & Snow board Gorduno
literature
- Giuseppe Chiesi: Gorduno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
- Virgilio Gilardoni : Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Edizioni dello Stato. Bellinzona 1955, pp. 210-214; the same: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 301, 363, 368-369.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 55-56.
- Celestino Trezzini : Gorduno. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 3: Giovanoli - Grasset. Attinger, Neuenburg 1926, p. 604 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Gorduno on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Bellinzona
- Data from the municipality of Bellinzona
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Bellinzona
- Gorduno: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Gorduno
- Gorduno on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 397.
- ↑ Aldo Crivelli : Recupero della suppellettile delle tombe di Gorduno. In: Rivista Storica Ticinese 9, 1946, p. 1220.
- ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Gorduno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d 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 , pp. 55-56.
- ↑ Societa Filarmonica Gorduno
- ↑ Sciüruband
- ↑ Associazione Sportiva Gorduno ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Raggruppamento GOAL
- ^ Sci & Snowboard Gorduno