Cusino

Cusino
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Local name	Cusìn
Coordinates	46 ° 4 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 4 '26 "  N , 9 ° 9' 8"  E
height	800  m slm
surface	9.7 km²
Residents	224 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22010
prefix	0344
ISTAT number	013085
Popular name	cusinesi
Patron saint	John the Baptist ( June 24th )
Website	Cusino

Cusino Val Cavargna municipality in the province of Como

Panorama of Cusino on Monte Pidaggia

Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista

Cusino is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 224 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Lombardy in the province of Como .

geography

Cusino is located in Val Cavargna on the SP 10 above Carlazzo at around 800  m slm at the foot of the Monte Pidaggia mountain ( 1528  m slm ) and dominated by the "Sasso di Cusino". About 50 km from Como, Cusino lies between the municipalities of Carlazzo in the south, Grandola ed Uniti in the east, San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna in the north and Garzeno .

The municipality covers an area of ​​9.7  km² and consists of five districts: Cusino , Palla , Campanile , Bertogno and Pomè (actually almost uninhabited).

population

Population development
year	1771	1799	1805	1853	1871	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2018
Residents	108	139	126	* 289	303	299	358	356	300	271	277	261	238	216

• Merged with Carlazzo in 1812.

Attractions

• Parish Church of Natività di San Giovanni Battista (16th century)
• Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Church (1883)
• Sant'Ambrogio Church (1909)

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 311.
• Cusino on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

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

• Churches in Val Cavargna
• Cusino (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/istituzioni/toponimi
• Cusino (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Cusino (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/co

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Parish Church of Natività di San Giovanni Battista (photo)
3. ^ Church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice (photo) on lombardiabeniculturali.it
4. ^ Church of Sant'Ambrogio (photo)