Anzola d'Ossola

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Anzola d'Ossola
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Anzola d'Ossola (Italy)
Anzola d'Ossola
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 45 ° 59 '  N , 8 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 59 '0 "  N , 8 ° 20' 0"  E
height 210  m slm
surface 13.84 km²
Residents 406 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28020
prefix 0323
ISTAT number 103002
Popular name Anzolesi
Patron saint Thomas (Apostle) ( July 3 )
Website Anzola d'Ossola
Ossola Valley in Piedmont
Anzola
Parish Church of San Tommaso
Sanctuary of the Madonna del Carmine

Anzola d'Ossola is a municipality in the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) in the Piedmont region .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 210 m above sea level. M. The municipality covers an area of ​​13.84  km² . The neighboring municipalities are Massiola , Ornavasso , Pieve Vergonte , Premosello-Chiovenda and Valstrona .

history

The village was built on the right bank of the Toces , near the mountain, and around the year a thousand were owned by the Bishop of Novara and had a certain importance for a fish pond that existed there. The first historical document, which bears the name Anzola, goes back to a regular investiture of the Bishop of Novara on July 12, 1006. Anzola and the entire lower Ossola Valley were accepted into the rule of the Visconti in 1332 , lords of Milan , who also conquered the upper part of the valley in 1372. In 1374 there were violent clashes in the area between the Ferrari, the Ghibellines loyal to Galeazzo Visconti, and the Spelorci, the Guelphs of the upper Ossola Valley.

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 466 558 539 511 547 492 454 428 470 442 443 448 414 414

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Tommaso is the only preserved valuable building from the Middle Ages . It is still possible to identify the Roman matrix of the church, although subsequent and numerous restorations have changed the original project significantly. The church was originally dependent on the parish church of San Vincenzo di Pieve Vergonte and later on the nearby church Premosello-Chiovenda ; it was built in 1603 as a parish church. The residents and a philanthropist built a massive bell tower in 1674.
  • Oratory of San Rocco was built because of the plague that hit the area hard in 1600, it was actually intended for the celebration of church services in times when the risk of infection was very high.
  • Sanctuary of Madonna del Carmine: dominant thanks to its elevated position in relation to the residential area.

Events

  • La sagra delle ciliegie last week in June.

literature

  • Various authors: Comuni della Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, Chieri 2012, ISBN 9788896074503 .
  • Various authors: Il Piemonte paese per paese. Bonechi Editore, Firenze 1996, ISBN 88-8029-156-4 .

Web links

Commons : Anzola d'Ossola  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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