Baceno

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Baceno
coat of arms
Baceno (Italy)
Baceno
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E
height 655  m slm
surface 68.7 km²
Residents 886 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28861
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103006
Popular name bacenesi
Patron saint San Gaudenzio of Novara ( January 22nd )
Website Baceno
Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region

Baceno ( Lombard : Bascén, German earlier Betsch ) is an Italian municipality in the Valle Antigorio in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB), Piedmont region .

geography

The municipal area covers an area of ​​68 km² and consists of the districts Alpe Devero, Croveo, Graglia, Goglio, Osso, Uresso and Beola. The neighboring municipalities are Crodo , Formazza , Premia and Varzo and, on the Swiss side, the municipality of Binn , with which there is a municipal partnership, and the municipality of Grengiols .

history

Numerous archaeological finds, including the discovery of a head carved in stone, testify to the presence of human settlements as early as the 3rd millennium BC. Numerous other finds point to presumed villages in the entire area between the Devero and Toce rivers .

In 1039 Gualberto, Bishop of Novara , gave the canons of Santa Maria di Novara the chapel of San Gaudenzio (today the parish church of Baceno). Later expansions of the church and the grazing areas in the adjacent valleys (Bondolero, Esigo, Agaro, Devero), which are increasingly inhabited all year round, bear witness to the development of Bacenos between the 13th and 16th centuries. Baceno and Croveo were one of the four quarters of the Valle Antigorio judiciary, ruled by a Podestà .

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 1140 1181 1270 1279 1372 1212 1140 1181 1186 1070 961 922 916 900

gallery

Attractions

  • The monumental church of San Gaudenzio from the 13th century was built in the Romanesque-Gothic style and expanded at the beginning of the 16th century. The Renaissance portal shows the adoration of the shepherds; on the right there is a large fresco by Antonio Zanetti depicting St. Christopher. The church is a good starting point for a hike through the Uriezzo gorges .
  • The parish church Natività di Maria Vergine in the district of Croveo was built between 1618 and 1641 by the emigrants of Croveo in Rome .

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 .
  • Edgardo Ferrari: La repubblica dell'Ossola. Guida alla storia e ai luoghi. Editore Grossi, Domodossola 2001.

Web links

Commons : Baceno  - 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.
  2. ^ School wall map on the history of Switzerland: the Confederation before 1798 . Edited v. W. Oechsli et al. A. Baldamus; drawn by Ed. Gaebler. Cartographer. Georg Lang publishing house, Leipzig 1897, doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-23140 ( map excerpt with the region at the time of the Ancien Régime , digitized at the ETH Library Zurich).