Airolo

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Coordinates: 46°32′N, 8°37′E

Airolo
Coat of Arms of Airolo
Canton Ticino
District Leventina
Coordinates  46°32′N, 8°37′E
Population 2,032   (December 2002)
Area 94.5 km²
Elevation 1175 m
Postal code 6780-6781
SFOS number 5061
Mayor Mauro Chinotti
Website www.airolo.ch
Airolo (Switzerland)
Airolo
Airolo

Airolo is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Located in Leventina valley, it is the town on the southern flank of the St. Gotthard Pass and the St. Gotthard Tunnel, with the motorway tunnel forming part of the A2 motorway.

Airolo is also a small ski-resort with 30km of prepared slopes.

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Airolo, seen from St. Gotthard Pass road
Airolo, seen from St. Gotthard Pass road
Airolo in winter from the Sasso della Boggia
Airolo in winter from the Sasso della Boggia