Agra (Lombardy)

Agra
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Coordinates	46 ° 2 '  N , 8 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '0 "  N , 8 ° 46' 0"  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 municipality in the province of Varese

View of Agra with Monte Lema in the background

In the cemetery, statue child in prayer

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

Population development
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

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.