Gravellona Toce

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Gravellona Toce
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Gravellona Toce (Italy)
Gravellona Toce
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 45 ° 56 '  N , 8 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '0 "  N , 8 ° 26' 0"  E
height 211  m slm
surface 14.67 km²
Residents 7,816 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 533 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28883
prefix 0323
ISTAT number 103035
Popular name gravellonesi
Patron saint Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus ( June 29 )
Website Gravellona Toce
Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region
View of Gravellona Toce
Bell tower of the Church of San Maurizio
Francesco Albertini

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

geography

The place is 11 km from the provincial capital Verbania at an altitude of 211 m above sea level. M. The municipality covers an area of ​​14.67  km² . Gravellona Toce is, like Omegna , a typical example of large-scale urban sprawl north of Milan . Gravellona Toce and Omegna have now grown together, although the respective town centers are seven kilometers apart. Industrial companies also extend eastwards towards Lake Maggiore . The neighboring municipalities are Baveno , Casale Corte Cerro , Mergozzo , Omegna, Ornavasso , Stresa and Verbania . The patron saint of the place is San Pietro .

Toponomics

From Celtic gravel (alluvial gravel bed, area with gravel) through the Gravellen or Gravalen form. The specification applies to the Toce River .

history

The finds of worked flint are evidence of prehistoric settlements in the Gravellona Toce area. The indigenous Ligurian and Lepontier tribes merged in the 5th century BC with the Celtic invaders who founded a settlement (Castelliere) in the village of Motto . The Celts were later conquered by the Romans (200 BC) who built a village and invaded the Roman administration of Italy on the right. From Gravellona Toce one passed the consular road Severiana Augusta which connected Mediolanum ( Milan ) with Verbanus ( Lake Maggiore ).

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 1274 1483 1729 3015 4001 3856 4331 6526 7854 7539 7751 7887 7887

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Pietro was built in the 12th century and then expanded. The current facade dates from 1862 and is in the neo-Renaissance style; the bell tower from 1856 is made of blocks of pink granite from Baveno .
  • Romanesque Church of San Maurizio (10th century): the oldest and most important monument to Gravellona Toce, whose existence has been documented since the 10th century. In the interior, the cross vaults of the roof of the single-nave nave from the 15th century were replaced by trusses; in the course of 1925 frescoes were created from the limestone layer that hid them.
  • San Giuseppe Church
  • Madonna dell'occhio church
  • Santa Maria Church
  • Castle ruins Castello del Motto (Castrum Gravallonae).

Personalities

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 .
  • Various authors: Piemonte (non compresa Torino). Touring Club Italiano, Milano 1976, p. 619, Gravellona Toce online (Italian)
  • Edgardo Ferrari: La repubblica dell'Ossola. Guida alla storia e ai luoghi. Editore Grossi, Domodossola 2001.

Web links

Commons : Gravellona Toce  - album with pictures, 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.