Grantola

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Grantola
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Grantola (Italy)
Grantola
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Grantùla
Coordinates 45 ° 57 '  N , 8 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '54 "  N , 8 ° 46' 29"  E
height 250  m slm
surface 2.07 km²
Residents 1,255 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 606 inhabitants / km²
Factions Bellaria, Montebello, Motta, Vicema
Post Code 21030
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012081
Popular name grantolesi
Patron saint Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus ( June 29 )
Website Grantola
Grantola municipality in the province of Varese
Quirino Besati residential building

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

geography

The municipality is located about 15 kilometers north-northwest of Varese on the Margorabbia and belongs to the Comunità montana Valli del Verbano . It covers an area of ​​2.07  km² . The factions Bellaria , Montebello , Motta and Vicema belong to Grantola . The neighboring municipalities are Cassano Valcuvia , Cugliate-Fabiasco , Cunardo , Ferrera di Varese , Mesenzana and Montegrino Valtravaglia . The Lago Maggiore is located six kilometers northwest of Grantola.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2016 2017 2018
Residents 186 192 * 440 496 551 553 412 684 923 1190 1271 1288 1262 1266

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo
  • San Carlo Borromeo Church
  • Romanesque church of San Pietro (11th century)
  • Palazzo De Nicola (17th century)
  • Wash house with fresco Madonna delle Nevi

Personalities

  • Quirino Besati (born January 6, 1884 in Grantola; † February 26, 1975 ibid) was a composer, music teacher and orchestra conductor.

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 224.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Gràntola Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Grantola  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Grantola (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 22, 2015.
  • Grantola (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
  • Grantola (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Grantola (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va

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 Santi Pietro e Paolo (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Church of San Carlo Borromeo (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 22, 2015.