Formazza

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Formazza borders the following municipalities: Baceno, Bedretto (Switzerland), Bignasco (Switzerland), Binn (Switzerland), Bosco/Gurin (Switzerland), Cavergno (Switzerland), Premia, Reckingen-Gluringen (Switzerland), Ulrichen (Switzerland).

The village was founded by Walser and Walser German is still spoken.

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Geography and climate

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View of Ponte in Formazza.

The village is situated about an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level on the Formazza plateau in Formazza valley. Its altitude and location directly under the high mountains of the western Alps influences the climate. In fact, there is an average of more than one meter and thirty centimeters of precipitation per year (especially snow). The climate is the type Dfb/Dfc (Köppen climate classification), which means it is a humid continental climate with fresh and short summers (but usually there is no dry season). The annual average temperature at one local weather station is about Script error: No such module "convert". and usually the coldest month (January) has a daily mean temperature of about Script error: No such module "convert".. The lowest values can reach about Script error: No such module "convert".. The hottest month (July) has an average temperature of about Script error: No such module "convert". and the summer lasts less than three months.

Frazioni

Frazioni, or subdivisions of Formazza (first name in Italian, second name in Walser):

  • Antillone / Puneigä
  • Brendo / In dä Brendu
  • Canza / Früttwald - Früduwald
  • Chiesa - Alla Chiesa / Zer Chilchu - Andermatten - An där Mattu - In där Mattu
  • Fondovalle / Stafelwald - Schtaafuwaald
  • Foppiano / Untermstalden - Unnerum Schtaldä
  • Frua / Uf der Frütt
  • Sotto Frua / Unter der Frütt
  • Grovella / Gurfelen - Gurfelä
  • Morasco / Moraschg
  • Ponte - Al Ponte / Zum Steg - Zumstäg - Zumschtäg - Zer Briggu
  • Riale / Kehrbäch(i) - Cherbäch
  • Valdo / Wald - Waald
  • San Michele / Tuffwaald - Tuffalt

People

  • Mario Bacher (b. 1941), ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

See also

References

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