Craveggia

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Craveggia
coat of arms
Craveggia (Italy)
Craveggia
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
height 889  m slm
surface 36 km²
Residents 764 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 21 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28852
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103024
Popular name Craveggiesi (dialect: Craugiaign)
Patron saint James the Elder ( July 25th ) and Christophorus
Website Craveggia
Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region
Craveggia
Bagni di Craveggia
Railway station in the Prestinone district

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

geography

Craveggia is located in the Valle Vigezzo , not far from the border with the Swiss canton of Ticino , where the valley is called Centovalli . The municipality covers an area of ​​36.22 km². The Bagni di Craveggia , Prestinone, Siberia and Vocogno fractions belong to Craveggia . The village of Bagni di Craveggia (now uninhabited) is only accessible to vehicles from Switzerland, through the Onsernone Valley , while it can be reached on foot over the ridge on it.

The neighboring communities are Malesco , Re , Santa Maria Maggiore , Toceno , Villette and the Ticino communities Onsernone and Vergeletto .

history

On October 18 and 19, 1944, 200 soldiers from the 1º Reggimento arditi paracadutisti Folgore and the Xª Flottiglia MAS ( Repubblica Sociale Italiana ) fought in the so-called border battle against a few dozen partisans fleeing the Ossola Valley , who together with around 250 civilians in Bagni di Craveggia had arrived to repair in Switzerland. The event went down in history as the " Battle of the Bagni di Craveggia ".

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 1641 1685 1767 1640 1825 1679 1975 2130 1837 1702 1751 1737

Ventures

Bagni di Craveggia is the name of the spa in the Onsernone Valley, seven kilometers as the crow flies from Craveggia . The hot spring, which has been bubbling for centuries, is located on the Italian bank of the river in the side valley, which was difficult to access for a long time. A preserved water reservoir from the early 19th century belongs to the spa building built between 1818 and 1823, which was destroyed by snow avalanches in the avalanche winter of 1951 .

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 .
  • Various authors: Piemonte (non compresa Torino). Touring Club Italiano, Milano 1976, p. 645, Craveggia online (Italian)
  • Giacomo Maria Gubetta: Craveggia comune della Valle Vigezzo (Ossola): sue memorie antiche e modern. Tipografia Porta, Domodossola 1878.

Web links

Commons : Craveggia  - 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. ↑ Aline Valangin : The Bargada. Village on the border. Limmat, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-857-91385-1 .