Verbania
Verbania | |
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Città di Verbania | |
Aerial view of Verbania | |
Coordinates: 45°56′N 08°32′E / 45.933°N 8.533°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Piemont |
Province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) |
Frazioni | Antoliva, Bieno, Biganzolo, Cavandone, Fondotoce, Intra, Pallanza, Possaccio, Suna, Torchiedo, Trobaso, Zoverallo |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Marco Zacchera (centre-right; electit 08/06/2009 |
Area | |
• Total | 37.6 km2 (14.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
Population (30 Aprile 2009) | |
• Total | 31,121 |
• Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Verbanesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 28900, 28921-28925 |
Diallin code | 0323 |
Patron saunt | Victor the Moor |
Saunt day | Mey 8 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Verbania listen (help·info) (Lombard: Verbania, Piedmontese: Verbania) is a ceety an comune (commune) on the shore o Loch Maggiore, Piemont, in northwast Italy, aboot 91 km (57 mi) north-wast o Milan an aboot 40 km (25 mi) frae Locarno in Swisserland.
Owerview
[eedit | eedit soorce]It faces the ceety o Stresa leein at a distance o 3.7 km (2 mi) athort Loch Maggiore (16 km (10 mi) bi road). The present-day Verbania wis creatit bi the 1939 merger o the ceeties o Intra, Pallanza an Suna, an ither frazioni. Syne 1992 it haes been the caipital o the province o Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. A smaw islet leein a stane's throw frae the shores o Verbania (the Pallanza subdiveesion) an separatit frae it bi a narrae stretch o watter juist 10 or 15 metres' wide, kent as the Isolino di San Giovanni, is famous for haein been the hame o Arturo Toscanini atween the years o 1927 an 1952.
Main sichts
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto, an estate wi fine botanical gardens.
Transport
[eedit | eedit soorce]Verbania-Pallanza railwey station, opened in 1905, forms pairt o the Milan–Domodossola railwey. It is in the Fondotoce destrict, atween Loch Mergozzo an the river Toce, juist upstream frae whaur the Toce flows intae Lake Maggiore.
Twin touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]Verbania is twinned wi the follaein ceeties an touns: