Rodero

Rodero
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como (CO)
Local name	Rodur
Coordinates	45 ° 49 ' N , 8 ° 55' E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 '24 " N , 8 ° 54' 48" E
height	400 m slm
surface	2.5 km²
Residents	1,308 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	523 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22070
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013197
Popular name	Roderesi
Patron saint	Simon (Apostle) and Jude Thaddeus ( October 28 )
Website	Rodero

Italian-Swiss border at Rodero

San Maffeo mountain with church and tower

Rodero ( Rödur in dialect of Como ) is a northern Italian municipality (comune) with 1308 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy .

Rodero borders the Italian municipalities of Cantello , Bizzarone , Cagno and Valmorea and the municipality of Stabio , in Switzerland . The municipality is located about 40 kilometers north-northeast of Como and borders directly on the province of Varese and the Swiss canton of Ticino . The municipal boundaries are formed by the rivers Rio Ranza and Rio dei Gioghi .

Physical geography

The municipality of Rodero rises to 394 m above sea level. M .: in the foothills of Lombardy and is located in the Como area on the border with the province of Varese and a few kilometers from Italy and Switzerland. This community therefore belongs to the so-called Regio Insubrica . Rodero is located in the hills of the foothills of the Alps. Rodero has two districts: Casello Ferroviario and Confine.

Sismic classification : Zone 4 (zone with very low earthquake hazard), PCM regulation. 3274 of 03/20/2003
Climatic classification : Zone E (period for the operation of thermal systems: from October 15 to April 15 equal to 14 hours per day), PR regulation. 412 of 08/26/1993

Citizen participation

Etymology of the name

The name Rodero has an uncertain etymology to this day. This name could come from the German name Rodo or Rodulo or from the pre-Romanic name rodanos, from which the name of the river Rodano comes.

Attractions

Church of Santi Simone e Giuda
San Maffeo Church or Maria Regina Angelorum on the San Maffeo Hill
Palazzo Mattirolo
So-called Linea Cadorna, entrenchment of the First World War.
Various Roman tombs.

Events

Maria degli Angelifesttag and Sagra di San Maffeo (August, first weekend)
Il Torneo di Mirko (football) and sports festival (second in mid-June)
Gara MTB Granfondo dei Longobardi ( Mountain Bike )

Personalities

Adriano Caverzasio (1944), painter
Bruno Valli (1948–1974), politician, communist.

literature

Anna Mazzola: La torre di Rodero e il colle di San Maffeo. Dialogolibri editore, Olgiate Comasco 1999.
Ferruccio Ferrazza, Orlando Chiari: Viaggi nella storia, Occupazione Avanzata Frontiera Nord, La Linea Cadorna. n ° 1, 2006.
Oreste Mattirolo: Tombe romane nel territorio del comune di Rodero (Como). Bari & C., Como 1928.