Agra (Lombardy)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 2 ' N , 8 ° 46' E | |
height | 650 m slm | |
surface | 3.04 km² | |
Residents | 408 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 134 inhabitants / km² | |
Factions | Bedorè, Gaggio, Madonna della Lupera | |
Post Code | 21010 | |
prefix | 0332 | |
ISTAT number | 012001 | |
Popular name | agresi | |
Patron saint | Eusebius of Vercelli ( August 2nd ) | |
Website | Agra |
Agra is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .
geography
Agra is located about 19 kilometers north-northwest of Varese near Lake Maggiore and belongs to the Comunità montana Valli del Verbano . The municipality covers an area of 3.04 km² . The districts of Agra , Vignone and Gaggio belong to Agra . The neighboring municipalities are Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca , Dumenza and Luino .
population
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year | 1751 | 1805 | 1809 | 1853 | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2016 | 2018 |
Residents | 440 | 549 | * 709 | 626 | 543 | 580 | 521 | 441 | 331 | 309 | 338 | 370 | 379 | 412 | 410 |
- 1809 merger with Cossano
Attractions
- Parish church of Sant'Eusebius with organ by Giuseppe Bernasconi (1852)
- Parish Church of San Giuseppe
- Parish hall
- Belvedere
- Giro del Sole circular route
- Giro della Luna circular route
- Parco Daini (Fallow Deer Park)
- Bedoré Natural Park
Events
- Pumpkin and Chestnut Festival every October
- children Party
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 220.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Agra Online in Italian
Web links
Commons : Agra (Italy) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Agra (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
- Agra (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
- Agra (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Agra (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.