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Locarno district

Locarno
Distretto di Locarno
District
Location of Locarno
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Ticino
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, 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) of 63,688. Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 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, 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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