Sementina

Sementina
Coat of arms
Sementina
Location of Sementina
Coordinates: 46°11′N 8°59′E / 46.183°N 8.983°E / 46.183; 8.983Coordinates: 46°11′N 8°59′E / 46.183°N 8.983°E / 46.183; 8.983
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Bellinzona
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco
Area
• Total	8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Elevation	224 m (735 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,144
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Postal code	6514
SFOS number	5019
Surrounded by	Cugnasco, Giubiasco, Gudo, Monte Carasso
Website	www.sementina.ch SFSO statistics

Sementina is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Sementina has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 8.25 square kilometers (3.19 sq mi). Of this area, 1.61 km² (0.62 sq mi) or 19.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.56 km² (2.15 sq mi) or 67.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.84 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 10.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 km² (0.081 sq mi) or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.26 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 3.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 62.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.0% is used for growing crops, while 5.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 6.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 2.2% is unproductive vegetation.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules a Wall embatteded throughout with a Towered Gate all Argent and Azure a Bar wavy Argent.

Sementina has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,144. As of 2008^[update], 24.7% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 15.4%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks Italian(87.2%), with German being second most common ( 5.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.6%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000^[update]), 136 speak German, 39 people speak French, 2,306 people speak Italian, and 4 people speak Romansh. The remainder (161 people) speak another language.