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Isone is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Isone is mainly known for being the location of the grenadier school (Grenadierschule) of the Swiss Army. The Grenadiers are a division of the infantry corps, and have been trained in Isone since 1970. Prior to 1970, training had taken place in Losone.
Isone has an area, as of 1997[update], of 12.82 square kilometers (4.95 sq mi). Of this area, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 4.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) or 64.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 10.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 53.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.4% is unproductive vegetation and 1.2% is too rocky for vegetation.
The municipality is located in the Bellinzona district, in the upper Vedeggio Valley.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert St. Lawrence issuant from base haloed Or clead Gules and vested Argent holding in his dexter hand a gril and in his sinister a palm leaf both also Or. Saint Lawrence is the patron saint of this municipality."
Isone has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 395. As of 2008[update], 8.0% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -7.7%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (89.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (4.2%) and German being third (2.3%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 8 speak German, 7 people speak French, 315 people speak Italian, The remainder (23 people) speak another language.
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Isone
Isone is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Isone is mainly known for being the location of the grenadier school (Grenadierschule) of the Swiss Army. The Grenadiers are a division of the infantry corps, and have been trained in Isone since 1970. Prior to 1970, training had taken place in Losone.
Isone has an area, as of 1997[update], of 12.82 square kilometers (4.95 sq mi). Of this area, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 4.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) or 64.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 10.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 53.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.4% is unproductive vegetation and 1.2% is too rocky for vegetation.
The municipality is located in the Bellinzona district, in the upper Vedeggio Valley.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert St. Lawrence issuant from base haloed Or clead Gules and vested Argent holding in his dexter hand a gril and in his sinister a palm leaf both also Or. Saint Lawrence is the patron saint of this municipality."
Isone has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 395. As of 2008[update], 8.0% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -7.7%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (89.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (4.2%) and German being third (2.3%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 8 speak German, 7 people speak French, 315 people speak Italian, The remainder (23 people) speak another language.
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