Gorduno

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Gorduno

Location of Gorduno

Coordinates: 46°13′N 9°02′E / 46.217°N 9.033°ECoordinates: 46°13′N 9°02′E / 46.217°N 9.033°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Sindaco

Area

• Total

9.22 km² (3.56 sq mi)

Elevation

284 m (932 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

788

• Density

85/km² (220/sq mi)

Postal code

6518

SFOS number

5007

Surrounded by

Arbedo-Castione, Bellinzona, Gnosca, Monte Carasso, Preonzo

Website

www.gorduno.ch
SFSO statistics

Gorduno is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

The area around Gorduno was prehistorically settled, though very little is known about the earlier settlements. The modern municipality of Gorduno is first mentioned in 1182 as medius locus de Gorduno. It was first mentioned in the dispute between the churches of Como and Milan, which was settled by the verdict of 1202. In the verdict Como received the little church of SS Maurizio e Carpoforo in the so-called Castle of Gnosca, which, contrary to the name, was in the territory of Gorduno. The church was strategically located on the Ticino river. In the Late Middle Ages, Gorduno was a municipality in the County of Bellinzona. In 1374, the municipality was combined with Gnosca and placed under the control of Podestà, a canon of Milan. This placed the church under the Ambrosian Rite of the Diocese of Milan. The village had completely split from the Roman Rite Church in Bellinzona by 1538-83. The parish functions moved from the Castle Church to the village church of SS Sebastiano e Rocco.

Gorduno has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 9.22 square kilometers (3.56 sq mi). Of this area, 0.65 km² (0.25 sq mi) or 7.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.64 km² (2.56 sq mi) or 72.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.55 km² (0.21 sq mi) or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km² (35 acres) or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.04 km² (0.40 sq mi) or 11.3% is unproductive land.

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