Germignaga

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Germignaga
coat of arms
Germignaga (Italy)
Germignaga
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 46 ° 0 '  N , 8 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 59 '40 "  N , 8 ° 43' 40"  E
height 204  m slm
surface 6 km²
Residents 3,897 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 650 inhabitants / km²
Factions Ronchetto, Ronchi, Fornace, Casa Moro, Mirandola Nuova
Post Code 21010
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012076
Popular name germignaghesi
Patron saint John the Baptist ( June 24th )
Website Germignaga
Germignaga, prospect
Germignaga, prospect
Germignaga municipality in the province of Varese
Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista
Natural park

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

geography

The municipality is located at the confluence of the Tresa and Margorabbia rivers on Lake Maggiore right next to Luino. It covers an area of ​​6  km² . The factions Ronchetto , Ronchi , Fornace , Casa Moro and Mirandola Nuova belong to Germignaga . The neighboring municipalities are Brezzo di Bedero , Brissago-Valtravaglia , Cannero Riviera , Luino and Montegrino Valtravaglia .

population

Population development
year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2016 2017 2018
Residents 1005 1302 2587 2395 2755 3560 3232 3356 3596 3724 3886 3936 3929

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Giovanni Battista with an organ by Francesco Carnisi from 1852
  • Nature and play park

Personalities

  • Pier Giacomo Pisoni (1928–1991), writer
  • Renzo Villa (born June 14, 1941 in Luino , † December 16, 2010 in Varese ), TV presenter, founder of Antenna 3
  • Enrico Prato (born November 9, 1945 in Luino), Mayor of Germignaga ( 2004 - 2014 ) and former football player
  • Marco Fazio (* 1982 in Luino), lecturer, art historian, Mayor of Germignaga
  • Ambrogio Baira (born October 27, 1923 in Germignaga, † November 11, 2004 in Milan ), football player

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 223.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Germignaga Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Germignaga  - 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. ↑ Marco Fazio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 21, 2015.