Leggiuno

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Leggiuno
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Leggiuno (Italy)
Leggiuno
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Leggiün
Coordinates 45 ° 53 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '30 "  N , 8 ° 37' 18"  E
height 240  m slm
surface 13.19 km²
Residents 3,738 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 283 inhabitants / km²
Factions Arolo, Ballarate, Baraggia, Bosco, Casa Motta, Campagna, Cellina, Cobbione, Ghirate, La Gesiola, Marzaro, Mirasole, Quicchio, Reno, Roncaccio, Rozzoni, Santa Caterina del Sasso, Santa Maria, Sasso Moro
Post Code 21038
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012088
Popular name leggiunesi
Patron saint Stephen ( December 26th )
Website Leggiuno
Leggiuno municipality in the province of Varese
Watched Arolo from Sasso Moro
Santa Caterina del Sasso Monastery
Church in the Arolo district
Luigi Riva

Leggiuno ( Varesino dialect Leggiün [ledʤùno] ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The parish is about 18 kilometers west-northwest of Varese ; the Lago Maggiore separates it from the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola . The municipality of Leggiuno is located on the east bank of Lake Maggiore between Laveno-Mombello in the north and Monvalle in the south. The village of Leggiuno itself is around 2 km from the lake, a little west of Monte Sangiano (532 m above sea level), which is a prominent point in the village. The municipality covers an area of ​​13.19  km² . Leggiuno comprises a total of 19 fractions (Italian frazioni ): Arolo , Ballarate , Baraggia , Bosco , Casa Motta , Campagna , Cellina , Cobbione , Ghirate , La Gesiola , Marzaro , Mirasole , Quicchio , Reno , Roncaccio , Rozzoni , Santa Caterina del Sasso , Santa Maria and Sasso Moro . The river Rio Balla rate crosses the municipal area from the northeast to its mouth in Lake Maggiore in the fraction Arolo in the south of the municipality. The neighboring municipalities are Belgirate (VB), Besozzo , Caravate , Laveno-Mombello, Monvalle, Sangiano and Stresa (VB).

history

In 1964, archaeologists brought some finds from the Bronze Age to light in the hamlet of Arolo . Among these, in particular, a brooch, a spear, a bracelet, a bronze torque and even the sting of a pole were found, thanks to which it could be assumed that a burial ground was created in the village between 2200 and 2000 BC. For the years of Lombard rule , the only sure sign of that time was a rectangular dolomite grave found on Monte Piaggio in the village of Arolo.

The Santa Caterina del Sasso monastery was built in the early 13th century. In 1554 and 1630 the plague struck the small village of Leggiuno and most of the inhabitants died. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the municipality became an important center again and until 1927 belonged to the Varese district, then in the province of Como . The Varese district was abolished in 1927 as part of the reorganization of the state structure desired by the fascist regime, and Leggiuno was thus included in the newly founded province of Varese.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1861 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2016 2017 2018
Residents 400 375 * 1598 580 726 842 860 958 1951 2817 2878 2863 3820 3775 3791

traffic

The train station of Leggiuno and the neighboring municipality of Monvalle is on the Luino – Novara railway line .

Panorama of Leggiuno

Personalities

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 235.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Leggiuno Online in Italian

Web links

Commons : Leggiuno  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Leggiuno (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi/
  • Leggiuno (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
  • Leggiuno (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Leggiuno (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
  • Leggiuno on de.lagomaggiore.net, accessed November 25, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.