Bellinzona

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bellinzona Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: 46°12′N 9°01′E / 46.200°N 9.017°ECoordinates: 46°12′N 9°01′E / 46.200°N 9.017°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Bellinzona
Government
• Mayor	Mario Branda
Area
• Total	19.84 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Elevation	238 m (781 ft)
Population (December 2005)
• Total	17,363
• Density	875.15/km2 (2,266.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6500
Localities	Artore, Carasso, Daro, Ravecchia, Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina
Surrounded by	Arbedo-Castione, Giubiasco, Gorduno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Sant'Antonio
Website	www.bellinzona.ch ; SFSO statistics

Bellinzona ([bɛllin'dzoːna] in French Bellinzone [bɛlɛ̃'zon] and Bilitio [bi'litsjo] in Latin) is the capital of the Swiss Canton of Ticino. Its German name Bellenz ['belents] is no longer in use. With about 17.300 people living there, it is the second biggest city of the canton (after Lugano, with about 52.000 people).

On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.

Castel Grande in Bellinzona
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The old town of Bellinzona; with the church

Bellinzona Media

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Coat of arms of the House of Visconti. Under the Visconti, Bellinzona flourished and the town was expanded.
The Murata or town wall of Bellinzona
Train disaster in Bellinzona, May 1924
View of Bellinzona's Castelgrande as seen from Castello di Montebello.
View of the town Bellinzona from Castello Montebello
Piazza del Sole, post office, and station
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Office building originally built for the Directorate of Telecommunications of the former Swiss PTT, now a business center.

References

Other websites

Bellinzona travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Bellinzona at Wikimedia Commons

Bellinzona official website (in Italian)
Rabadan carnival
UNESCO

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Municipality in Switzerland
Coat of arms
Location of Bellinzona Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: 46°12′N 9°01′E / 46.200°N 9.017°E / 46.200; 9.017Coordinates: 46°12′N 9°01′E / 46.200°N 9.017°E / 46.200; 9.017
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Bellinzona
Government
• Mayor	Mario Branda
Area
• Total	19.84 km² (7.66 sq mi)
Elevation	238 m (781 ft)
Population (December 2005)
• Total	17,363
• Density	875.15/km² (2,266.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6500
Localities	Artore, Carasso, Daro, Ravecchia, Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina
Surrounded by	Arbedo-Castione, Giubiasco, Gorduno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Sant'Antonio
Website	www.bellinzona.ch SFSO statistics