Locana

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Locana
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 25 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
height	613  m slm
surface	132 km²
Residents	1,427 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10080
prefix	0124
ISTAT number	001134
Popular name	locanesi
Patron saint	Virgin Mary's birth
Website	Locana

Locana ( Piedmontese Locan-a , Franco-Provencal Lukënna ) is a municipality with 1427 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Cogne , Ronco Canavese , Noasca , Ribordone , Sparone , Chialamberto , Cantoira , Corio , Monastero di Lanzo and Coassolo Torinese . Locana is located in the Gran Paradiso National Park .

The municipality covers an area of ​​132 km². Thus it is the largest in the whole of Piedmont. The place is under the patronage of the Birth of Mary .

In the village of Rosone there is the largest hydropower plant in the Valle dell'Orco , with a maximum output of 65 MW.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Giovanni Battista and Giacomo Tocci (1877–?), Well-known Siamese twins

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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