Azzio

Azzio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Asc
Coordinates	45 ° 53 '  N , 8 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '9 "  N , 8 ° 42' 29"  E
height	399  m slm
surface	2.25 km²
Residents	763 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	339 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	21030
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012007
Popular name	azziesi
Patron saint	Annunciation ( March 25 )
Website	Azzio

Azzio municipality in the province of Varese

Azzio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located about twelve kilometers northwest of Varese on the edge of the Campo dei Fiori and covers an area of ​​2.25  km² . Azio belongs to the Comunità montana Valli del Verbano . The municipality is bordered to the north by the Boesio stream. The neighboring municipalities are Brenta , Casalzuigno , Cocquio-Trevisago , Cuvio , Gemonio and Orino .

population

Population development
year	1751	1805	1853	1861	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2016	2017	2018
Residents	260	328	* 403	* 526	502	503	507	445	628	646	701	802	779	771	757

• 1809 merger with Gemonio
• 1812 merger with Cuvio
• 1827 Merger with Orino

Companies

• Mascioni organ building ; the company Fabbrica d'organi Mascioni, based in Azzio, but founded in Cuvio, is an organ building workshop and one of the oldest organ building companies in Europe.

Attractions

• Parish church of Beata Vergine Annunciata with an organ from the Mascioni organ workshop (1891)
• Church of Sant'Antonio da Padova built in 1608
• Parts of the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli and the church of Santi Antonio da Padova e Eusebio ; this preserves frescoes Storie di vita e Santi Francescani by the painter Giovan Battista Ronchelli (mid-18th century), a wooden bust of Saint Eusebius and two gilded wooden statues (the Virgin and Saint Anthony da Padova) from the 17th century.

literature

• Azzio on www.tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Azzio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Azzio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
• Azzio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Azzio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Website of the organ building company Mascioni

Individual evidence

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