Antrona Schieranco is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: ''Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola'' ) is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of the ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northeast of
Turin
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and about northwest of
Verbania
Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ...
, in a branch of the
Val d'Ossola
The Ossola (, also Valle Ossola or Val d’Ossola) is an area of Italy situated to the north of Lago Maggiore. It lies within the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Its principal river is the Toce, and its most important town Domodossola.
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, on the border with Switzerland.
Antrona Schieranco borders the following municipalities:
Bognanco
Bognanco (Western Lombard dialect, Western Lombard: ''Bügnanch''), population about 250, is a comune, commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley about northeast of Turin im ...
,
Borgomezzavalle
Borgomezzavalle is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. As of 2019 the population was 320.
It was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the municipalities of Seppiana and Viga ...
,
Calasca-Castiglione
Calasca-Castiglione is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania.
Calasca-Castiglione borders the following municipalitie ...
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Ceppo Morelli
Ceppo Morelli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland.
Ceppo Morelli borders the following ...
,
Montescheno,
Saas Almagell (Switzerland),
Vanzone con San Carlo
Vanzone con San Carlo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania.
Vanzone con San Carlo borders the following municipa ...
,
Zwischbergen
Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Gondo
The village of Gondo, which is part of Zwischbergen, is located at the southern foot of the Simplon Pass on the Italian border. Althou ...
(Switzerland). Until 1946, it was a center for silver and gold mining.
The
Portjengrat (Italian: ''Pizzo d'Andolla'') is located nearby.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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