Locarno

Locarno is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the canton of Ticino, on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip and at the southern foot of the Alps. It is the capital of the district of Locarno and its official language is Italian. The town stands on the northeastern part of the delta of the Maggia, facing Ascona across the river, and is among the warmest and wettest places in Switzerland. It hosts the Locarno International Film Festival each August, with open-air screenings on the Piazza Grande, and gave its name to the Locarno Treaties, the European territorial agreements negotiated there in October 1925. Its population was 15,728 in December 2020 and its municipal area is about 19.27 square kilometres.