Cannero Riviera (
à n-ne-ro in
Western Lombard
Western Lombard is a group of dialects of Lombard, a Romance language spoken in Italy. It is widespread in the Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como, Lecco, Sondrio, a small part of Cremona (except Crema and its neighbours), Lodi ...
''CÃ ner''), is a ''
comune
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'' (an Italian municipality) with a population of 973 and an area of
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 Pr ...
in the
Italian region
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of Piedmont. The settlement is situated on the western shore of
Lago Maggiore
Lake Maggiore (, ; it, Lago Maggiore ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh Maggior; pms, Lagh Magior; literally 'Greater Lake') or Verbano (; la, Lacus Verbanus) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest la ...
; it is about northeast of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
about northeast 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 ab ...
and a similar distance from the Italian-speaking, Swiss Canton known as the Ticino.
Cannero Riviera borders the following municipalities:
Aurano
Aurano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania.
Aurano borders the following municipalities: Cannero Riviera, Intr ...
,
Cannobio
Cannobio is a town and ''comune'' on the river Cannobino and the shore of Lago Maggiore in Piedmont, Italy.
History
The local inhabitants probably became subject to Ancient Rome, Roman rule by the time of the emperor Augustus Caesar, Augustus. ...
,
Oggebbio
Oggebbio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania.
Oggebbio borders the following municipalities: Aurano, Brezzo di B ...
,
Trarego Viggiona; and across the lake in the
Lombard Province of Varese
The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The head ...
:
Brezzo di Bedero,
Germignaga,
Luino
Luino (Western Lombard: ''Lüin'') is a small town and ''comune'' near the border with Switzerland on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, in the Province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy).
Luino received the honorary title of city with a presid ...
.
The 19th-century politician
Massimo D’Azeglio spent his last years in his villa here.
See also
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Castelli di Cannero
The Castelli di Cannero are three rocky islets of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. They are located off the shoreline of Cannero Riviera while administratively forming part of the Comune of Cannobio. They are known as ''castelli'', or castles, in ...
Demographic evolution
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Minorities of foreign residents
ISTAT data recorded on January 1, 2011, show that there were 107 foreign residents, as follows:
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Greek
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German
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Bangladeshi
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Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
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Brazilian 10
* Others 12
References
* Most demographics and other statistics sourced from the Italian statistical institute
Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
External links
www.cannero.it/Official Tourism GatewayLake Maggiore Official Tourism Gateway
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