Lesa
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Country | Italy | |
region | Piedmont | |
province | Novara (NO) | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ' N , 8 ° 34' E | |
surface | 12 km² | |
Residents | 2,212 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 184 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 28040 | |
prefix | 0322 | |
ISTAT number | 003084 | |
Popular name | Lesiani | |
Patron saint | San Martino |
Lesa is a municipality on the west bank of Lake Maggiore with 2212 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Novara (NO), Piedmont region .
geography
The municipality consists of the districts of Villa Lesa, Solcio, Comnago and Calogna. The neighboring municipalities are Belgirate , Brovello-Carpugnino ( VB ), Ispra ( VA ), Massino Visconti , Meina , Nebbiuno , Ranco and Stresa . The patron saint of the place is San Martino .
The place is located in a small bay next to Belgirate , and across from Ispra , which is on the other side of Lake Maggiore. The municipality covers an area of 12 km².
Attractions
Many historical documents and memorabilia of great people who stayed in the place are kept in Lesa. Among them, for example, those by Alessandro Manzoni , Giulio Carcano and Camillo Benso from Cavour . In the small village there are villas from various eras, with the oldest dating from the Middle Ages. A castle ruin also dates from this time.
Population development
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
Web links
- Information at primitaly.it (Italian)
- Lesa on de.lagomaggiore.net, accessed November 26, 2015