Mergozzo is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about northeast of

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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 ab ...

. Mergozzo borders the following municipalities:

Gravellona Toce Gravellona Toce () 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 Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipalit ...

Ornavasso Ornavasso (Ossolano: ''Urnavass'', Walser German: ''Urnafasch'') 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. Overview Or ...

Premosello-Chiovenda Premosello-Chiovenda 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. Premosello-Chiovenda borders the following municipaliti ...

, San Bernardino Verbano,

Economy

Tourism based on the attractions of Lake Mergozzo, nearly all of which falls within the territory of the ''comune'', forms the principal basis of the local economy. Next in importance is the quarrying and working of stone. The pink marble of Candoglia, which was employed in building the

Duomo di Milano Milan Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Milano ; lmo, Domm de Milan ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary ( it, Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente, links=no), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombard ...

from the 14th century on, is still extracted; the stone of

Montorfano Montorfano (English: "orphan hill"; Brianzöö: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Como, part of Lombardy, in northern Italy. It is situated about south of Como, which is at the southern tip of Lake Como, c. north of Milan. It ha ...

is exported throughout the world. The agricultural sector is also active.Regione Piemonte, Direzione Pianificazione Risorse Idriche, PIANO DI TUTELA DELLE ACQUE (D.Lgs. 152/99) REV. 01 LUGLIO 2004: MERGOZZO
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Sport

In the area of the village Nibbio, in the municipality of Mergozzo there is a rock climbing area called ''La Panoramica''.

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