Vallemaggia (Vallemaggia District)
The Vallemaggia District has an area,, of 569.42 km2. Of this area, 9.61 km2 or 1.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 240.5 km2 or 42.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.57 km2 or 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 15.46 km2 or 2.7% is either rivers or lakes and 244.24 km2 or 42.9% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. Out of the forested land, 31.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.1% is used for growing crops. Of the water in the district, 0.7% is in lakes and 2.0% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 18.9% is unproductive vegetation and 24.0% is too rocky for vegetation.
Map - Vallemaggia (Vallemaggia District)
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Country - Switzerland
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Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas the Swiss population of approximately 8.7 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities and economic centres are located, including Zürich, Geneva and Basel.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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CHF | Swiss franc | Fr | 2 |
CHE | WIR Bank | 2 | |
CHW | WIR Bank | 2 |
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FR | French language |
DE | German language |
IT | Italian language |
RM | Romansh language |