Trasquera is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (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 Pr ...
in the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located 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 ...
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 ab ...
, in the
Val Divedro
The Simplon Valley or Divedro Valley ( German: ''Simplontal'', Italian: ''Val Divedro'') is a valley of the Alps, situated between the Pennine and the Lepontine ranges. The valley is drained by the Diveria or ''Chrummbach'', a tributary of the T ...
, on the border with Switzerland.
Trasquera 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 ...
,
Crevoladossola
Crevoladossola 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.
Crevoladossola borders the following municipalities: Bognanc ...
,
Domodossola
Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola ...
,
Varzo
Varzo 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, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a popula ...
,
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. Alth ...
(Switzerland).
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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