Claro

Geschichte

Claro is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.GeographyClaro has an area, of 21.22km2. Of this area, 2.45km2 or 11.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.29km2 or 72.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.24km2 or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28km2 or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and 1.48km2 or 7.0% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 66.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.5% is used for growing crops and 3.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 4.9% is unproductive vegetation and 2.1% is too rocky for vegetation.