Anzola d'Ossola is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the
Italian region
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
, located about northeast of
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) 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 from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
and about northwest of
Verbania. It occupies a small alluvial plain near the
Toce river: its name derives perhaps from a meander (Italian: ''
ansa'') once formed here by the river. In the Middle Ages it was a possession of the
bishops of Novara and the
Counts of Biandrate, until in 1322 it was acquired with the whole lower
Val d'Ossola by the
Visconti of
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
.
Anzola d'Ossola borders the following municipalities:
Massiola,
Ornavasso,
Pieve Vergonte,
Premosello-Chiovenda,
Valstrona.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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