Bellinzona (district)
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Bellinzona Distretto di Bellinzona |
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| District | |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Ticino
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| Capital | Bellinzona |
| Area | |
| • Total | 211.88 km2 (81.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 51,422 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 17 |
The district of Bellinzona (Italian: Distretto di Bellinzona, also called Bellinzonese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of 51,422 (as of 31 December 2015).
The district has an area, as of 1997[update], of 211.88 square kilometers (81.81 sq mi). Of this area, 27.98 km2 (10.80 sq mi) or 13.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 145.46 km2 (56.16 sq mi) or 68.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.51 km2 (6.76 sq mi) or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi) or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and 15.4 km2 (5.9 sq mi) or 7.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 59.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.5% is used for growing crops, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the district is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 5.2% is unproductive vegetation and 2.1% is too rocky for vegetation.
Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 1,843 speak German, 492 people speak French, 38,109 people speak Italian, and 42 people speak Romansh. The remainder (2,912 people) speak another language.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 16,770 Swiss men (34.6% of the population), and 6,606 (13.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 19,192 Swiss women (39.6%), and 5,838 (12.1%) non-Swiss women.
In 2008[update] there were 364 live births to Swiss citizens and 98 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 329 deaths of Swiss citizens and 51 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 35 while the foreign population increased by 47. There were 6 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 188 non-Swiss men and 157 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 749 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 91 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.4%.
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