Grono
Grono may refer to: Places * Grono, Switzerland, municipality in Graubünden * Mount Grono Other uses * Grono (surname) * Grono.net Grono.net was a social networking service based in Poland. It was referred to as "the Polish equivalent of Facebook" and had over 2 million members. It featured Internet forums, photo sharing, links to cultural events, an employment website, an ...

Grono, Switzerland
Grono is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Italian speaking part of the Swiss canton of Grisons. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Leggia and Verdabbio merged into the municipality of Grono. History Grono Grono is first mentioned in 1219 as ''de Grono''. In 1395 it was mentioned as ''de Agrono''. Leggia Leggia is first mentioned in 1295 as ''de Legia''. Verdabbio Verdabbio is first mentioned in 1203 as ''Vertabio''. Geography After the 2017 merger Grono had an area of . Before the merger Grono had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 8.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 58.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 28.5% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of or about 3.0% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1983 amount. Of the agricultural land, is used for orchards and vineyards, is fields and grasslands and consists of ...
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Mount Grono
Mount Grono () is a peak on Secretary Island, part of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...'s Fiordland National Park. It was named for early 19th century sealer John Grono. Mount Grono is the highest peak in New Zealand's main island chain to be in neither the North nor the South Island. Mountains of Fiordland {{Fiordland-geo-stub ...
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Grono (surname)
Grono is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *John Grono ( 1763–1847), Welsh-born Australian settler, sailor, whaler, and farmer *Nick Grono Nick Grono (born 22 July 1966) is an Australian human rights campaigner who heads the Freedom Fund – the world's first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery. He is also the co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation, and a board member of Gir ...