Santa Maria Maggiore ( Ossolano: ''Santa Marìa'') 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

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in the

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region

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, in

Valle Vigezzo Valle Vigezzo (Vigezzo Valley) is a valley in the Lepontine Alps in northwestern Italy on the border with Ticino, Canton Ticino of Switzerland. It forms the eastern branch of the Ossola valley. It is also called the Valle dei Pittori (Valley of ...

, located about northeast of

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and about north 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 ...

, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,236 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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Santa Maria Maggiore borders the following municipalities: Campo (Vallemaggia) (Switzerland),

Craveggia Craveggia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Domodossola, on the border with Switzerland Switzerland, officially the ...

, Druogno, Malesco, Masera,

Montecrestese Montecrestese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, ...

, Toceno,

Trontano Trontano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian Piedmont region, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,684 and an area of ...

Vergeletto Vergeletto is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Locarno (district), Locarno in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mo ...

(Switzerland). Santa Maria Maggiore is located on the narrow gauge Domodossola–Locarno railway, also known as the Vigezzo railway (Italian: Vigezzina) which negotiates the rugged Italian Alps terrain between

Domodossola Domodossola (; ) is a city and (municipality) 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 (due to it ...

, Italy, on the east and

Locarno Locarno (; ; Ticinese dialect, Ticinese: ; formerly in ) is a southern Switzerland, Swiss List of towns in Switzerland, town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district Locarno (district), Locarno (of which it is the capita ...

, Switzerland, on the west. It also passes through the villages of Intragna, and Malesco.

References

External links

comune.santamariamaggiore.vb.it/
*http://english.santamariamaggiore.info/ {{Verbania-geo-stub