page_title: Muralto
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Muralto / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking South toward Lake Maggiore in Ticino, Switzerland. Locarno and Ascona are visible on the peninsula. Gambarogno is visible across the lake. Gordola is visible on the left at the end of the lake and Gudo is visible further up the valley.
context_page_description: Muralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Muralto has an area, as of 1997, of 0.6 square kilometers (0.23 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.43 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 71.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.02 km² (0.0077 sq mi) or 3.3% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.56 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 93.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 1.7% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 68.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 18.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.7%.  Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 1.7% is used for growing crops, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 68.3% is used for alpine pastures.
  The municipality is located in the Locarno district, in the agglomeration of Locarno.  It lies along Lake Maggiore and is bordered by the Ramogna and Rabissale streams.  It was created in 1881, when it separated from Orselina.
caption: View of Lake Maggiore, with (l-r) Vogorno, Mergoscia, Gordola, Minusio, Brione sopra Minusio, Muralto, Locarno
exif: {"Image PhotometricInterpretation": "32803", "Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D5000", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Aperture 3.0.3", "Image DateTime": "2010:08:17 15:24:56", "Image ExifOffset": "228", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 2, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[46, 294/25, 0]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[8, 1191/25, 0]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "1483", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[13, 22, 37]", "GPS GPSSatellites": "08", "GPS GPSMapDatum": "WGS 84", "Image GPSInfo": "738", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/500", "EXIF FNumber": "11", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2010:08:17 15:24:56", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2010:08:17 15:24:56", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "43/10", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "8", "EXIF SubSecTime": "50", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "50", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "50", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4288", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2848", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "12", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "None", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}