Vico Morcote - Geography

Geography

Vico Morcote has an area, as of 1997, of 1.91 square kilometers (0.74 sq mi). Of this area, 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 16.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) or 72.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi) or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 1.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 71.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.1% is used for growing crops, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 9.9% is used for alpine pastures.

Located near Lake Lugano and situated roughly one kilometer uphill from the larger village of Morcote, Vico Morcote's distance from both Morcote and Lugano (10 km (6.2 mi) east) have left it in a near preserved state as a small hillside village typical of the area.