Porto Ceresio

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Porto Ceresio
coat of arms
Porto Ceresio (Italy)
Porto Ceresio
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 54 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
height 280  m slm
surface 5.34 km²
Residents 2,941 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 551 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 21050
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012113
Popular name portoceresini
Patron saint Ambrose of Milan ( December 7th )
Website Porto Ceresio
Porto Ceresio municipality in the province of Varese

Porto Ceresio is a municipality in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region on a small bay on Lake Lugano across from Switzerland .

geography

The municipality includes the fractions of Cà del Monte , Ronco Falcione , Monte Grumello , Monte Casolo , Poncia , Selva Piana , Case Moro and Albero di Sella . The neighboring communities are Besano , Brusimpiano and Cuasso al Monte in Italy and Brusino Arsizio , Meride and Morcote in the canton of Ticino .

Porto Ceresio has an area of ​​4.8 km² and a population density of 639.17 inhabitants per km². It lies at 280 m above sea level. M. The height of the municipality ranges from 210 m to 955 m above sea level. M., so the difference from the lowest to the highest point is 745 m.

population

Population development
year 1606 1751 1805 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 63 188 326 * 593 788 874 912 1117 1710 2980 2959 3068 3001 2943

The municipality of Porto Ceresio has in the census of 1991 registered 2,959 inhabitants. In the census of 2001 3068 inhabitants were registered. Thus the population grew by 3.68% in the decade from 1991 to 2001.

The inhabitants are distributed over 1209 households. On average, 2.54 people live in each household.

Parish Church of Sant'Ambrogio

traffic

In addition to a train station ( railway line Varese - Porto Ceresio ) the place is also connected to the state road 344 to Varese. Boats from the Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano also operate. Since 1894, Porto Ceresio station has been the northern terminus of the Varese-Porto Ceresio railway line, originally managed by the Mediterranean network and then handed over to the state railways for management.

View over the marina to the center of Porto Ceresio
Porto Ceresio
View of Morcote from Porto Ceresio

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Sant'Ambrogio
  • Museo Etnografico Appiani Lopez
  • Linea Cadorna
  • Sito paleontologico

Personalities

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 211.
  • Lombardia (esclusa Milano) - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Porto Ceresio Online in Italian

Web links

Commons : Porto Ceresio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Parish Church of Sant'Ambrogio (Italian) on upportobesano.it/le-chiese/s-ambrogio-porto-c/
  3. ↑ Museo Etnografico Appiani Lopez (Italian) on comune.portoceresio.va.it/c012113/zf/
  4. ↑ Linea Cadorna (Italian) on comune.portoceresio.va.it/c012113/zf
  5. ↑ Sito paleontologico (Italian) on comune.portoceresio.va.it/c012113/zf/