Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 3 ' N , 8 ° 44' E | |
height | 210 m slm | |
surface | 41.96 km² | |
Residents | 2,580 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 61 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 21061 | |
prefix | 0332 | |
ISTAT number | 012142 | |
Popular name | maccagnesi | |
Patron saint | Materno and Stefano ( July 18 ) ( December 26 ) | |
Website | Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca |
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca is a municipality in the Italian province of Varese , Lombardy region , which was newly formed in 2014. It has 2580 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).
geography
The community is located on the east bank of the Langensee and covers an area of 41.96 km². It surrounds the independent municipality of Tronzano Lago Maggiore and borders in the north on the Swiss canton of Ticino . The neighboring communities are Brissago (CH-TI), Cannobio (IT-VB), Dumenza (IT-VB), Gambarogno (CH-TI), Luino (IT-VB), Ronco sopra Ascona (CH-TI) and Tronzano Lago Maggiore (IT-VB).
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca includes the fractions Armio, Biegno, Cadero, Campagnano, Caviggia, Entiglio, Garabiolo, Graglio, Lozzo, Maccagno (main town), Monte Venere, Musignano, Monti di Pino, Orascio, Pianca, Piantonazzo, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore , Ronchi, Sarangio, Veddo and Zenna.
The administrative seat is in the district of Maccagno . Branches that are open on individual days of the week exist in the districts of Pino and Armio.
history
The municipality was created on February 4, 2014 after a consultative vote on December 1, 2013 with Regional Law No. 8 of January 30, 2014. It emerged from the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Maccagno, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore and Veddasca .
population
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year | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1931 | 1936 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2018 |
Residents | 3745 | 3906 | 3778 | 3825 | 3710 | 3348 | 3257 | 3323 | 3323 | 3289 | 3037 | 2975 | 2597 | 2444 | 2615 |
Transport and economy
The municipality is on the Bellinzona - Giubiasco - Luino railway line , whose trains operated by TILO SA go to Milan-Malpensa airport .
One of the main industries today is tourism . Maccagno has a very popular beach. The climbing wall il Cinzanino is managed by the Luino section of the Italian Alpine Club.
Attractions
- Sanctuary of Madonnina della punta in the district of Maccagno Inferiore
- medieval tower, called Torre imperiale, above the village
- Palazzo della Zecca, built in 1622
- Casa forte Della Bella
- Civico Museo Parisi - Valle, designed by the architect Maurizio Sacripanti; shows contemporary art in changing exhibitions
- Church of Sant'Antonio abate in the district of Maccagno Superiore, with frescoes by the painter Antonio da Tradate (15th century)
- medieval tower of Pino
Personalities
- Antonio da Musignano called Lombardo (* around 1445 in Musignano, fraction of Maccagno; † after 1510 in Urbino ), son of Giacomo, sculptor in Perugia
- Domenico della Bella called Macaneo (* 1466 in Maccagno; † 1530 ibid), local historian, author of the "Chorographia Verbani laci" and the "Epitomae historicae novem ducum Sabaudorum"
- Ferdinando Caronesi (born October 11, 1794 in Maccagno Superiore, † October 24, 1842 in Turin ), architect of neoclassicism
- Angelo Pedroni (1914–1992), Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
gallery
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, pp. 218-222.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 (Italian); books.google.ch
- Luca Gianazza: La Zecca di Maccagno inferiore e le sue monete. Alberti editore, Intra 2003.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca
- Maccagno on de.lagomaggiore.net, accessed November 25, 2015
- Maccagno Inferiore (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
- Maccagno Superiore (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
- Pino (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi
- Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
- Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Antonio da Musignano . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 592 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Domenico Macaneo (Italian) on ilritornodeiclassici.it; accessed on December 15, 2016.
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Macaneo. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 4: Liebegg - Milan. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 783; unibe.ch (PDF).