Azzio
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Local name | Asc | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 53 ' N , 8 ° 42' 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 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
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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 |
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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.