Chiasso

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Chiasso is a Swiss border town in the canton of Ticino, known as an important rail and road transit point between Switzerland and Italy.

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Chiasso canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
borderCheckpointType rail border crossing
road border crossing
borderTownOf Italy
Switzerland
borderWith Italy
canton Canton of Ticino
surface form: Ticino
connectedByRailTo Lugano
Milan
Zurich
coordinates approximate 45.833°N 9.033°E
country Switzerland
district Mendrisio
surface form: Mendrisio District
elevationAboveSeaLevel_m 230
governingLevel local municipality
hasBorderCrossingWith Como
hasBorderFunction Schengen external border before 2008
customs control point
hasFootballClub FC Chiasso
hasNeighboringItalianMunicipality Cernobbio
Como
Maslianico
hasNeighboringMunicipality Balerna
Mendrisio
Vacallo
hasRailwayStation Chiasso railway station
surface form: Chiasso International railway station

Chiasso railway station
hasTransportRole important rail transit point
important road transit point
hasTwinTown Como
isoCodeRegion CH-TI
isPartOf Swiss Italians
surface form: Italian-speaking Switzerland
isTransitPointBetween Italy
Switzerland
locatedIn Sottoceneri region
Southern Switzerland
surface form: southern Switzerland
locatedNear Lake Como, Italy
surface form: Lake Como
locatedOn Gotthard route
surface form: Gotthard corridor
officialLanguage Italian
postalCode 6830
railwayJunctionFor Italian rail network
Swiss rail network
roadConnectionVia A2 motorway
European route E35
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
usesCurrency Swiss franc

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