Gurro

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Gurro
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Gurro (Italy)
Gurro
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 4 '  N , 8 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 4 '0 "  N , 8 ° 42' 0"  E
height 810  m slm
surface 13 km²
Residents 193 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28828
prefix 0323
ISTAT number 103036
Popular name gurresi
Patron saint Birth of Mary ( September 8th )
Website Gurro
Gurro
Center Gurro

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

geography

The municipality is located in the upper Valle Cannobina . The municipality covers an area of ​​13 km² . The neighboring communities are Cavaglio-Spoccia , Cursolo-Orasso , Falmenta and Miazzina .

history

In the village of Mergugno (a hamlet of Gurro) there is a necropolis from Roman times , which was discovered in 1837; graves, coins and tools were found during excavations.

Scottish tracks in the village

The manner in which they dress, the customs and the study of linguistics in the local dialect are evidence of a certain affinity between the people of Gurro and those of Scotland . Several documents from the 16th century tell that after the Battle of Pavia in 1525 between Francis I and Charles V (HRR) some Scottish mercenaries who could not return home found refuge in the village of Gurro. The reason for their choice was that the soldiers in Gurro found living conditions similar to those in the Scottish Highlands .

There are numerous testimonies to the tradition of founding the village. a .:

  • The beautiful costume, typical for women, consists of 14 meters long fabric in which the petticoat is made of Scottish fabric and fine workmanship.
  • The narrow streets of the village and the old houses in a style that cannot be found in any other village in the valley.
  • The load-bearing structure of the walls that make up the perimeter is made of wood formed by a rectangle and cut by a St. Andrew's cross.

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 713 779 882 988 1042 947 818 627 466 310 247 213 218

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 .
Parish Church of Natività di Maria

Web links

Commons : Gurro  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Gurro (Italian) on tuttitalia.it
  • Gurro (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Gurro (Italian) on piemonte.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ BBC , The Italian village that takes after Scotland , November 10, 2017
  3. ↑ DAV Panorama, The Last Paradise? Hiking in the Val Grande National Park , December 18, 2018