Ronco Sopra Ascona - Geography

Geography

Ronco sopra Ascona has an area, as of 1997, of 5.02 square kilometers (1.94 sq mi). Of this area, 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 8.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.87 km2 (1.49 sq mi) or 77.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 7.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 72.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 8.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 7.2% is unproductive vegetation.

The municipality is located in the Locarno district. It consists of the village of Ronco sopra Ascona and the hamlets Fontana Martina and Porto Ronco.