Geography Airolo

view halfway st. gotthard pass (before entering val tremola) down toward airolo , leventina valley.

airolo located in leventina valley , lepontine alps, on southern flank of st. gotthard pass. both gotthard rail tunnel, on important gotthard railway linking northern , southern europe, , gotthard road tunnel, on a2 motorway, have southern portal in airolo. largest municipality in canton of ticino, , consists of village of airolo , hamlets of valle, madrano, brugnasco, nante , fontana. municipalities of airolo , quinto considering merger time in future new municipality known airolo-quinto.

airolo has area, of 1997, of 94.37 square kilometers (36.44 sq mi). of area, 3.64 km (1.41 sq mi) or 3.9% used agricultural purposes, while 20.48 km (7.91 sq mi) or 21.7% forested. of rest of land, 2.7 km (1.0 sq mi) or 2.9% settled (buildings or roads), 2.3 km (0.89 sq mi) or 2.4% either rivers or lakes , 39.3 km (15.2 sq mi) or 41.6% unproductive land.

of built area, housing , buildings made 0.6% , transportation infrastructure made 1.8%. out of forested land, 14.9% of total land area heavily forested , 1.5% covered orchards or small clusters of trees. of agricultural land, 3.2% used growing crops. of water in municipality, 1.5% in lakes , 0.9% in rivers , streams. of unproductive areas, 20.2% unproductive vegetation , 21.4% rocky vegetation.