Gozzano

This article covers the municipality in the province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont. For the Italian poet and writer see Guido Gozzano .

Gozzano
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Novara  (NO)
Coordinates	45 ° 45 ′  N , 8 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E
height	367  m slm
surface	12 km²
Residents	5,541 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	462 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	28024
prefix	0322
ISTAT number	003076
Popular name	Gozzanesi
Patron saint	San Giuliano diacono
Website	Gozzano

Gozzano ( Piedmontese Guzon , Lombard Gussön ) is a municipality on Lake Orta with 5541 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Novara (NO), Piedmont region . In addition to the historic center, the municipality includes two small villages, Auzate and Bugnate, which are still in rural surroundings.

The neighboring municipalities are Bolzano Novarese , Borgomanero , Briga Novarese , Gargallo , Invorio , Orta San Giulio , Pogno , San Maurizio d'Opaglio and Soriso . The patron saint of the place is the deacon Julianus .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 367 m above sea level. The municipality covers an area of ​​12 km² . Gozzano is around 3 kilometers south of Lake Orta .

Environmental damage

A copper silk factory was located in the village ( Seta Bemberg SA ) since the 1920s . The unfiltered discharge of the wastewater mixed with copper and ammonium sulfate made the entire fish population of Lake Orta extinct in 1929 . The lake was considered biologically dead for decades. In 1956 the company installed the first copper filters, and the sewage discharge ended in 1986.

traffic

Gozzano has a train station on the railway line from Domodossola to Novara in the immediate vicinity of the old town center . Until 1924 Gozzano also had a railway connection to Alzo .

Sports

• Football club: AC Gozzano

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Carla Bonacina: Lake Orta: the undermining of an ecosystem. In: J. Limnol. 60 (1): 53-59, 2001, p. 53.

Web links

• Homepage of the community