ASCONA - Ticino - SWITZERLAND

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Ascona is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is located on the shore of Lake Maggiore. The town is a popular tourist destination and holds the yearly Ascona Jazz Festival.

The "Monte Verità" in Ascona has an important historical background. At the beginning of the 20th century, a colony was founded on it which preached the return to nature. The colony attracted a large number of artists, anarchists, and other famous people.

Ascona has a population of 5,497. As of 2008, 27.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has changed at a rate of 10.7%. Most of the population speaks Italian (66.0%), with German being the second most common (23.9%), and Serbian being third (2.5%). Of the Swiss national languages, 1,189 speak German, 112 people speak French, 3,289 people speak Italian, and 10 people speak Romansh.

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