LOCARNO, a market-town of the canton of Ticino, in Switzerland, alternately with Bellinz and Lugano, the capital thereof, as well as of the circle of its own name. It stands on the river Maggia, which, about one mile from it, falls into Lake Maggiore, or, as it was sometimes called, Lake Locarno. It is a romantic spot, and contains 340 houses, with 1600 inhabitants. Bell-founding is one of the trades carried on at it. Long. 8. 35. E. Lat. 45. 39. N.