Locarno district
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Locarno Distretto di Locarno |
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| District | |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Ticino
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| Capital | Locarno |
| Area | |
| • Total | 591.67 km2 (228.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 63,688 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 23 |
The district of Locarno (also called Locarnese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of 63,688 (as of 31 December 2015).
The Locarno District has an area, as of 1997[update], of 551.08 square kilometers (212.77 sq mi). Of this area, 35.25 km2 (13.61 sq mi) or 6.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 320.45 km2 (123.73 sq mi) or 58.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.96 km2 (10.41 sq mi) or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi) or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 133.75 km2 (51.64 sq mi) or 24.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.0% is used for growing crops and 2.8% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the district, 0.5% is in lakes and 1.9% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 14.7% is unproductive vegetation and 9.6% is too rocky for vegetation.
The Locarno District has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 63,688. Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 8,831 speak German, 971 people speak French, 43,408 people speak Italian, and 83 people speak Romansh. The remainder (4,034 people) speak another language.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. The population was made up of 21,828 Swiss men (35.1% of the population), and 7,688 (12.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 25,836 Swiss women (41.5%), and 6,847 (11.0%) non-Swiss women.
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