Vico Morcote
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| Coordinates: 45°56′N 8°55′E / 45.933°N 8.917°ECoordinates: 45°56′N 8°55′E / 45.933°N 8.917°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Ticino | |
| District | Lugano | |
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Sindaco Luido Bernasconi FDP/PRD/PLR |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 442 m (1,450 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 376 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6921 | |
| SFOS number | 5233 | |
| Surrounded by | Brusino Arsizio, Lugano, Melide, Morcote | |
| Website |
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Vico Morcote is a municipality in the district of in the Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Vico Morcote has an area, as of 1997[update], of 1.91 square kilometers (0.74 sq mi). Of this area, 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 16.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) or 72.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi) or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 1.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 71.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.1% is used for growing crops, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 9.9% is used for alpine pastures.
Located near Lake Lugano and situated roughly one kilometer uphill from the larger village of Morcote, Vico Morcote's distance from both Morcote and Lugano (10 km (6.2 mi) east) have left it in a near preserved state as a small hillside village typical of the area.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a spring argent issuing from a base embelif vert and a goat of the second drinking from it.
Vico Morcote has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 376. As of 2008[update], 35.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.9%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (66.4%), with German being second most common (22.8%) and French being third (5.2%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 57 speak German, 13 people speak French, 166 people speak Italian. The remainder (14 people) speak another language.
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