Bosco Gurin
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| Bosco Gurin | ||||||||||
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| Population | 79 (December 2002) | |||||||||
| - Density | 4 /km² (9 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 22.1 km² (8.5 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,506 m (4,941 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 6685 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 5304 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Alberto Tomamichel | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
Campo (Vallemaggia), Cerentino, Cevio, Formazza (IT-VB), Premia (IT-VB) | |||||||||
| Website | www.bosco-gurin.ch | |||||||||
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Bosco Gurin is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
In 2001, there were only 79 inhabitants left.
Bosco Gurin is the only German speaking village in this otherwise Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. It was settled in the course of the medieval Walser migration. Today the Walser German dialect is being abandoned in favour of the Italian language.
[edit] External links
- Official site (German)/(Italian)
- Daniela Pauli Falconi: Bosco/Gurin in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Version of 2003-03-24.
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