Druogno

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Druogno
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Druogno (Italy)
Druogno
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
height 836  m slm
surface 29 km²
Residents 1,056 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 36 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28030
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103029
Popular name druognesi
Patron saint New Year I ( December 31st )
Website Druogno
Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region
Druogno

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

geography

Druogno 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 ​​29  km² . The Albogno, Coimo, Gagnone, Orcesco, Sagrogno and Sasseglio fractions belong to Druogno.

The neighboring municipalities are Masera , Santa Maria Maggiore and Trontano .

  • Albogno faction

  • Coimo Group

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 1077 1173 1082 884 948 942 958 935 980 961 977 1038 1032

traffic

There are three train stations in the municipality on the Domodossola – Locarno route:

  • Druogno train station, located in the center of the village;
  • Gagnone-Orcesco train station, located in the village of the same name;
  • Coimo train station, located in the countryside near the village of the same name.

Attractions

  • Oratory of San Michele Arcangelo in the district of Albogno built in 1696.
  • Church of Sant'Ambrogio in the Coimo district with frescoes by the painter Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis (1728).
  • Oratory of San Rocco in the Sagrogno district.
  • Prayer chapel Santissimo Sacramento in the district of Sasseglio with frescoes by GM Borgnis (1751).
  • Oratory of San Defendente in the Gagnone district.
  • Oratory of San Carlo Borromeo in the Orcesco district.
  • The large summer mountain colony named after Luigi Razza, inaugurated in the 30's and still actively managed by the Consortium of Holiday Homes of the Municipalities of Novara . The east wing of the building was entrusted to the UniversiCà Foundation thanks to a European Interreg Italy-Switzerland project, called Tramevive , and completely dismantled in 2013. It hosts a large multimedia museum exhibition called the Museo UniversiCà .

Culture

In an area of ​​over 2000 square meters in the east wing of Colonia Montana there is a multimedia museum dedicated to the traditions and crafts of the Valle Vigezzo and an area reserved for temporary exhibitions, conferences and exhibitions. There are also workstations here for in-depth consultation of a virtual archive.

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 : Druogno  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Druogno (Italian) on tuttitalia.it
  • Druogno (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Druogno (Italian) on piemonte.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.