Lavena Ponte Tresa

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Lavena Ponte Tresa
coat of arms
Lavena Ponte Tresa (Italy)
Lavena Ponte Tresa
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 58 '  N , 8 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '0 "  N , 8 ° 51' 0"  E
height 275  m slm
surface 4 km²
Residents 6,035 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,509 inhabitants / km²
Factions Lavena, Le Cantine, Piacco, Ponte Tresa
Post Code 21037
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012086
Popular name lavenesi
Patron saint Santissimo Crocifisso, Simon Petrus ( June 29 )
Website Lavena Ponte Tresa
Ponte Tresa and Lavena in the background
Ponte Tresa and Lavena in the background
Lavena Ponte Tresa municipality in the province of Varese
Former railway station Ponte Tresa-Lavena-Varese
Lavena-Ponte Tresa border

Lavena Ponte Tresa is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

Ponte Tresa is located where the Tresa flows out of Lake Lugano . The river also forms the state border between Switzerland and Italy . Ponte Tresa is therefore divided into two parts and covers an area of ​​4  km² . Lavena Ponte Tresa includes the fractions (localities) Lavena , Le Cantine , Piacco and Ponte Tresa . The neighboring communities are Brusimpiano , Cadegliano-Viconago , Caslano (CH-TI), Croglio (CH-TI), Marzio and Ponte Tresa (CH-TI).

history

The municipality consists of two different centers: Lavena, which is the historical origin of the municipality, and Ponte Tresa. The first has two residential areas as a historical center. The village of Castello, which can be dated to the 12th century, and the village of Villa, which was built in the first half of the 18th century. Ponte Tresa has a much more recent origin, it was built in 1846 after the construction of the bridge over the Tresa River .

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1881 1901 1931 1951 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2013 2017 2018
Residents 400 384 * 657 960 1232 1119 1306 4629 5043 5188 5227 5414 5586 5747 5763

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo
  • Madonna della Porta church
  • Church of the Crucifix

Personalities

  • Agostino Ramelli (* 1531 in Ponte Tresa, Italy; † 1600), an engineer who invented the book wheel . Today this is understood as a forerunner of hypertext .
  • Santo Trolli (* 1804 in Lavena, † 1832 in Paris ), painter, draftsman

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 215.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Lavena Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Lavena Ponte Tresa  - 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. ↑ Santo Trolli. In: Sikart , accessed January 2, 2016.