Contone is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano , Contone, Gerra Gambarogno , Indemini , Magadino , Piazzogna , San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.

Contone is first mentioned in 1152 as Gondono. However, three tombs have been discovered in Contone, which can be dated earlier than the Early Middle Ages. These tombs date to the reopening of the alpine passes.

Some time before 1219, a Hospital of the Knights Hospitaller was built in the village.