Olivone

Olivone
Former municipality
Olivone at the feet of Sosto 2.221 m (7 ft 3.4 in)
Coat of arms
Location of Olivone
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Coordinates: 46°32′N 8°57′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Blenio
Area
• Total	76.13 km^2 (29.39 sq mi)
Elevation	902 m (2,959 ft)
Population  (December 2004)
• Total	867
• Density	11/km^2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6718
SFOS number	5043
Surrounded by	Acquarossa, Aquila, Calpiogna, Campello, Campo (Blenio), Faido, Ghirone, Mairengo, Medel (Lucmagn) (GR), Osco, Quinto, Vals (GR)
Website	www.olivone.ch

Olivone was a municipality of the district Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

In 2005, the people in charge of the cantons said that Olivone would merge with 4 other villages to become a new municipality of Blenio.^[1]

References

1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010

Other websites

Media related to Olivone at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website Archived 2006-09-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)