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Morcote
Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano. History Morcote is first mentioned historically in 926 as ''Murcau'', which comes from the Latin ''Morae caput'', meaning ''head of the hill''.From the book "Morcote Die Perle des Luganersees“ from Adriano Antonini – Carlo Meazza, Macchione editore, quoted iMorcote Tourism – The Morcote Story accessed 26 February 2009 In 1353 it was mentioned as ''Murchoe'' and again in 1453 as ''Murchote''. Starting around 1100, Morcote was home to a castle that was built to guard and control commerce on the lake. Until the dam was built in Melide in 1847, Morcote was the largest port on Lake Lugano. Goods from northern Italy were shipped across the lake to the rest of Ticino. In 1422 the town was granted privileges by the Duke of Milan, which included the rights to impose taxes, self-government, independent fishing and the right to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano. History Morcote is first mentioned historically in 926 as ''Murcau'', which comes from the Latin ''Morae caput'', meaning ''head of the hill''.From the book "Morcote Die Perle des Luganersees“ from Adriano Antonini – Carlo Meazza, Macchione editore, quoted iMorcote Tourism – The Morcote Story accessed 26 February 2009 In 1353 it was mentioned as ''Murchoe'' and again in 1453 as ''Murchote''. Starting around 1100, Morcote was home to a castle that was built to guard and control commerce on the lake. Until the dam was built in Melide in 1847, Morcote was the largest port on Lake Lugano. Goods from northern Italy were shipped across the lake to the rest of Ticino. In 1422 the town was granted privileges by the Duke of Milan, which included the rights to impose taxes, self-government, independent fishing and the right to hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morcote Village From Boat
Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano. History Morcote is first mentioned historically in 926 as ''Murcau'', which comes from the Latin ''Morae caput'', meaning ''head of the hill''.From the book "Morcote Die Perle des Luganersees“ from Adriano Antonini – Carlo Meazza, Macchione editore, quoted iMorcote Tourism – The Morcote Story accessed 26 February 2009 In 1353 it was mentioned as ''Murchoe'' and again in 1453 as ''Murchote''. Starting around 1100, Morcote was home to a castle that was built to guard and control commerce on the lake. Until the dam was built in Melide in 1847, Morcote was the largest port on Lake Lugano. Goods from northern Italy were shipped across the lake to the rest of Ticino. In 1422 the town was granted privileges by the Duke of Milan, which included the rights to impose taxes, self-government, independent fishing and the right to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morcote Santa Maria
Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano. History Morcote is first mentioned historically in 926 as ''Murcau'', which comes from the Latin ''Morae caput'', meaning ''head of the hill''.From the book "Morcote Die Perle des Luganersees“ from Adriano Antonini – Carlo Meazza, Macchione editore, quoted iMorcote Tourism – The Morcote Story accessed 26 February 2009 In 1353 it was mentioned as ''Murchoe'' and again in 1453 as ''Murchote''. Starting around 1100, Morcote was home to a castle that was built to guard and control commerce on the lake. Until the dam was built in Melide in 1847, Morcote was the largest port on Lake Lugano. Goods from northern Italy were shipped across the lake to the rest of Ticino. In 1422 the town was granted privileges by the Duke of Milan, which included the rights to impose taxes, self-government, independent fishing and the right to hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morcote
Morcote is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated about 10 kilometres from Lugano in the district of Lugano on the shore of Lake Lugano. History Morcote is first mentioned historically in 926 as ''Murcau'', which comes from the Latin ''Morae caput'', meaning ''head of the hill''.From the book "Morcote Die Perle des Luganersees“ from Adriano Antonini – Carlo Meazza, Macchione editore, quoted iMorcote Tourism – The Morcote Story accessed 26 February 2009 In 1353 it was mentioned as ''Murchoe'' and again in 1453 as ''Murchote''. Starting around 1100, Morcote was home to a castle that was built to guard and control commerce on the lake. Until the dam was built in Melide in 1847, Morcote was the largest port on Lake Lugano. Goods from northern Italy were shipped across the lake to the rest of Ticino. In 1422 the town was granted privileges by the Duke of Milan, which included the rights to impose taxes, self-government, independent fishing and the right to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vico Morcote
Vico Morcote is a municipality in the district of in the Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Geography Vico Morcote has an area, , of . Of this area, or 16.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 72.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 71.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.1% is used for growing crops, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 9.9% is used for alpine pastures. Located near Lake Lugano and situated roughly one kilometer uphill from the larger village of Morcote, Vico Morcote's distance from both Morcote and Lugano ( east) have left it in a near preserved state as a small hillside village typical of the area. Coat of arms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugano (district)
The Lugano District ( it, Distretto di Lugano also called Luganese) is a district of Canton of Ticino, southern Switzerland. The capital is the city of Lugano. It has a population of (as of ). Geography The Lugano District has an area, , of . Of this area, or 15.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 66.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 4.6% is unproductive land. Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 9.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 59.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.7% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the district, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 4.2% is unproductive vegetation. Demographics The Lugano District has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viarmes
Viarmes () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Viarmes station has rail connections to Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris. Population Twin towns Viarmes is currently twinned with Tubbercurry in County Sligo, Ireland. Viarmes is also twinned with Morcote, an Italian-speaking town in Switzerland. Morcote official website. See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Brusino Arsizio
Brusino Arsizio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland on the Lake of Lugano. History The village has been inhabited since the Roman era. In 1970, a plundered Roman grave was found with grave goods. The modern municipality of Brusino Arsizio is first mentioned in 1167 as ''Bruxia''. In the 8th Century the Totoniden family of Campione d'Italia possessed land in the village. Around 1227, the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan acquired property. They built a tower or other fortification to help support the fortifications of Campione. In 1671 it was mentioned as ''Castrum Brugini Arsitii''. The parish church of San Michele, which was built during the era of the Lombard kings, broke away in 1508 from the mother church of Riva San Vitale. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the activity of the population were linked with small cultivation, fishing and the cut of wood that was afterward brought to Lugano by boat and then sold at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the List of cities in Switzerland, ninth largest Swiss city. The city lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, together with the adjacent town of Paradiso, Switzerland, Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on most of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost part of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western and eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy. Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the object of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Ceresio
Porto Ceresio ( Varesino: ''Pòrt Cerési'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) on Lake Lugano in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about northeast of Varese, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,080 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Porto Ceresio borders the following municipalities: Besano, Brusimpiano, Brusino Arsizio (Switzerland), Cuasso al Monte, Meride (Switzerland), Morcote (Switzerland). The ''Comune'' is situated not far away from the Cinque Vette Park Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:4000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brusimpiano
Brusimpiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) on Lake Lugano in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about north of Varese, on the border with Switzerland. Brusimpiano borders the following municipalities: Barbengo (Switzerland), Caslano (Switzerland), Cuasso al Monte, Lavena Ponte Tresa, Marzio, Morcote (Switzerland), Porto Ceresio. The ''Comune'' is not far away from the Cinque Vette Park The Cinque Vette Park is a natural park, established by the Region of Lombardy on 19 June 2017. The park is located in the north-eastern part of the Province of Varese, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It takes the name from the main geographic .... References Cities and towns in Lombardy Populated places on Lake Lugano {{Varese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lugano
__NOTOC__ Lake Lugano ( it, Lago di Lugano or , from la, Ceresius lacus; lmo, Lagh de Lugan) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore. It was cited for the first time by Gregory of Tours in 590 with the name ''Ceresio'', a name which is said to have derived from the Latin word ''cerasus'', meaning cherry, and refers to the abundance of cherry trees which at one time adorned the shores of the lake. The lake appears in documents in 804 under the name ''Laco Luanasco''. There are various mountains and tourist destinations on the shores of the lake including Monte Brè to the east, Monte San Salvatore west of Lugano, and Monte Generoso on the south-eastern shore. The World Heritage Site Monte San Giorgio is situated south of the lake. Also located to the south is the Cinque Vette Park. The lake is drained by the Tresa, which empties i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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