Besozzo

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Besozzo
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Besozzo (Italy)
Besozzo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Besòzz
Coordinates 45 ° 51 ′  N , 8 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 50 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 0"  E
height 240  m slm
surface 13.52 km²
Residents 8,967 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 663 inhabitants / km²
Factions Bogno, Cardana, Olginasio
Post Code 21023
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012013
Popular name besozzesi
Patron saint Alexander of Bergamo ( August 26 )
Website Besozzo
Besozzo municipality in the province of Varese
Besozzo from the south
railway station

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

geography

The municipality is located about 13 kilometers west-northwest of Varese between Lake Maggiore and Lake Varese . Besozzo borders directly on the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola . The Bardello flows through the village and flows into Lake Maggiore. Besozzo covers an area of ​​13.52  km² . Besozzo includes the Bogno, Olginasio and Cardana factions. The neighboring municipalities are Bardello , Belgirate (VB), Brebbia , Caravate , Cocquio-Trevisago , Gavirate , Gemonio , Leggiuno , Malgesso , Monvalle and Sangiano .

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1861 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2016 2018
Residents 525 944 * 1517 1658 1877 4101 4655 5679 5609 7819 7617 8239 8994 9036 9005
  • 1809 Merger with Bogno and Cardana

traffic

Besozzo is on the Strada Statale 629 del Lago di Months from Gemonio to Vergiate . The station is on the Luino – Milan line .

Attractions

  • Parish church of Sant'Alessandro and Tiburzio (17th century) with organ (1884) by Giacomo Mascioni and sons from Azzio
  • Cadario Castle
  • Adamoli Palace
  • Way of the Cross
  • Oratory of San Nicone

Personalities

  • Michelino da Besozzo actually Michelino Molinari (around 1370 – around 1455), painter, miniature painter.

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 196.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Besozzo Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Besozzo  - 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. ↑ Michelino da Besozzo (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed July 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Michelino da Besozzo at archive.org/stream (accessed January 5, 2017).