Geography
Losone has an area, as of 1997, of 9.53 square kilometers (3.68 sq mi). Of this area, 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi) or 20.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.19 km2 (2.39 sq mi) or 65.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi) or 20.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 3.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 2.0% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 61.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.2% is used for growing crops, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 11.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 1.7% is unproductive vegetation.
The municipality is located in the Locarno district, on the right side of the Maggia river below the confluence of the Melezza river. It consists of the village of Losone and the hamlets of Saleggi and Gerre near the river, the hamlets of San Rocco, San Lorenzo and San Giorgio on the plateau and the hamlet of Arcegno in the mountains.
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