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) of the municipality of

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Overview

It is a village located some km from the main road of the Valle Strona, on the left side of

Strona Strona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Biella. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of .All demographic ...

river. Since 1928 it was a separate

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(municipality).''Gazzetta ufficiale del Regno d'Italia'' - year 69 nr.8, January 11th 1928; page 128; on-line in .pdf o

(accessed on October 2013)

Naming

''Luzzogno'' should come from the latin language, latin ''Lux-omnium'' (''light of everybody'', or ''light of all the valley'') or from ''Lucus-Usium'', literally ''Usi's forest'', being the Usi the old inhabitants of the area.''Benvenuti a Luzzogno!'', on-line page o
www.luzzogno.it
(accessed on July 2013)

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{{authority control Frazioni of Valstrona Former municipalities of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola