Falmenta
Falmenta | |||
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Country | Italy | ||
region | Piedmont | ||
province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) | ||
local community | Valle Cannobina (Municipality) | ||
Coordinates | 46 ° 4 ' N , 8 ° 36' E | ||
height | 715 m slm | ||
surface | 16.32 km² | ||
Residents | 126 (11/30/2018) | ||
Population density | 8 inhabitants / km² | ||
patron | Lawrence of Rome | ||
Church day | August 10 | ||
Telephone code | 0323 | CAP | 28827 |
Website | [ Falmenta Official Website] |
Falmenta is a fraction (district, ital. Frazione ) of the municipality of Valle Cannobina in the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) in the Piedmont region . On January 1st, Falmenta became part of the new municipality of Valle Cannobina.
geography
Falmenta is 33 km north of Verbano in the Cannobina Valley on the upper reaches of the Cannobino River . The former municipality covered an area of 16 km² . The Crealla faction also belongs to Falmenta.
population
Population development | |||||||||||||||
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year | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
Residents | 494 | 587 | 1719 | 1561 | 1452 | 1173 | 857 | 541 | 319 | 231 | 157 | 128 | 133 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of San Lorenzo (17th century).
- Parish Church of San Pietro in the fraction of Crealla.
tourism
An interesting excursion destination is the Fornà hut in the Val Grande National Park at 1649 m above sea level. M. with 15 beds.
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 : Falmenta - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Falmenta (Italian) on tuttitalia.it
- Falmenta (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Falmenta (Italian) on piemonte.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni
- Falmenta and Crealla (Italian) on lagomaggiore-e-dintorni.it