Lozza

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Lozza
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Lozza (Italy)
Lozza
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Lòza
Coordinates 45 ° 47 '  N , 8 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '33 "  N , 8 ° 51' 18"  E
height 329  m slm
surface 1.67 km²
Residents 1,258 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 753 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 21040
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012091
Popular name lozzesi
Patron saint Antoninus ( November 13th )
Website Lozza
Lozza municipality in the province of Varese
Parish Church of Sant'Antonino
Roberto Maroni (2010)

Lozza is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region on the southeastern shore of Lake Maggiore .

geography

The municipality is located about four kilometers south-southeast of Varese on the Olona and covers an area of ​​1.67  km² . The neighboring municipalities are Castiglione Olona , Gazzada Schianno , Malnate , Morazzone , Varese and Vedano Olona .

history

In Roman times, Lozza was crossed by the Roman road Via Varesina , which connected Mediolanum ( Milan ) with Luganum ( Lugano ) and led through the Varisium ( Varese ). Its area has been inhabited since the Neolithic and was conquered by the Lombards and later by the Franks in the early Middle Ages . Around 1200 it became part of the Archdiocese of Milan . In those years it appears in official documents as Locotia and Locia and is annexed to the Varese fiefdom or feud.

In 1648 it was owned by the noble Castiglioni di Lozza family, and in the 17th century Count Marco Fabrizio built a summer residence there (still part of the urban fabric), which was owned by the Castiglioni family until the end of the 19th century.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Lozza also experienced a series of major social and economic transformations, such as the effects of industrialization . Various paper mills and spinning mills arose on its territory, which were also benefited by the construction of the nearby Valmorea Railway.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2016 2017 2018
Residents 150 218 * 331 343 344 437 495 624 682 1009 890 951 1259 1257 1246

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Sant'Antonino martire
  • Santa Maria in Campagna church

Personalities

  • Roberto Maroni (born March 15, 1955 in Varese), politician, chairman of the northern Italian regional party Lega Nord

literature

  • Lozza (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Lozza  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Lozza (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
  • Lozza (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Lozza (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va

Individual evidence

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