Bioggio - Geography

Geography

Bioggio has an area, as of 1997, of 6.43 square kilometers (2.48 sq mi). Of this area, 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 20.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 12.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.19 km2 (0.46 sq mi) or 18.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.9% of the area Out of the forested land, 9.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.1% is used for growing crops, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Lugano district, in the lower Vedeggio valley. It consists of the village of Bioggio and the hamlets of Gaggio and Mulini. In 2004 Cimo and Bosco Luganese merged into Bioggio.