Airolo
Airolo is a municipality of the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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Coat of arms of Coat of arms | |
Location of Airolo
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| Coordinates: 46°32′N 8°37′E / 46.533°N 8.617°ECoordinates: 46°32′N 8°37′E / 46.533°N 8.617°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Ticino |
| District | Leventina |
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| • Mayor | Sindaco Franco Pedrini |
| Area | |
| • Total | 94.37 km2 (36.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,175 m (3,855 ft) |
| Population (December 2002) | |
| • Total | 2,032 |
| • Density | 21.532/km2 (55.768/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6780-6781 |
| Surrounded by | Andermatt (UR), Bedretto, Hospental (UR), Lavizzara, Quinto, Realp (UR), Tujetsch (GR) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Airolo is also a small ski-resort with 30 kilometres of ski slopes.
Airolo Media
- Passo San Gottardo Versante Sud.jpg
View from halfway up St. Gotthard Pass (before entering the Val Tremola) down toward Airolo and the Leventina valley
- ETH-BIB-Airolo, Tremola-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-006137.tif
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1931)
- Gotthardtunnel Bauarbeiter.jpg
Workers on the Gotthard Tunnel, 1880
- Forte Airolo Schweiz.jpg
Fort Airolo
- RAeTEEAirolo.jpg
Type RAe TEE II Swiss trainset 1053 (built in 1961) at Airolo, on a special trip after being restored in 2002/3 as an historic train
Airolo in winter from the Sasso della Boggia
References
Other websites
Media related to Airolo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Italian)
