Giubiasco - Geography

Geography

Giubiasco has an area, as of 1997, of 6.23 square kilometers (2.41 sq mi). Of this area, 3.79 km2 (1.46 sq mi) or 60.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 21.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi) or 35.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.09 km2 (22 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 19.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 18.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.0% is used for growing crops, while 5.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 19.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Bellinzona district, north of Bellinzona at the mouth of Valle Morobbia. It is part of the Agglomeration of Bellinzona. It consists of the villages of Giubiasco and Piano and the settlements of Lôro, Motti, Palasio, Pedevilla and Sasso Piatto. The municipality of Pianezzo is considering a merger some time in the future into Giubiasco.