Toceno

Toceno
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
province	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates	46 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
height	907  m slm
surface	15 km²
Residents	724 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	28030
prefix	0324
ISTAT number	103065
Popular name	tocenesi
Patron saint	Anthony the Great ( January 17 )
Website	Toceno

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Parish Church of Sant'Antonio Abate

Rectory

Toceno is a municipality in the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) in the Piedmont region .

geography

Toceno is located in the Valle Vigezzo , not far from the border with the Swiss canton of Ticino , where the valley is called Centovalli . The place is located 59 km from Verbania at an altitude of 907  m slm. The municipality covers an area of ​​15.71  km² . The La Riva faction belongs to Toceno. The neighboring municipalities are Craveggia and Santa Maria Maggiore .

population

Population development
year	1861	1871	1881	1901	1921	1931	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2018
Residents	392	399	488	535	519	487	579	655	751	758	771	736

Attractions

• Parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate (18th century) has frescoes in the apse by the painter Lorenzo Peretti from Buttogno .
• The oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova has frescoes by the painter Giovanni Battista da Legnano in the apse.
• Oratory Madonna del Sasso.

Personalities

• Franz Jelmoli (born November 8, 1851 in Zurich; † March 2, 1928 there), from Toceno, businessman, founder of the company Aktiengesellschaft for the sale and dispatch of manufactured goods Franz Jelmoli in Zurich

literature

• Various authors: Comuni della Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, Chieri 2012, ISBN 9788896074503 .
• Various authors: Il Piemonte paese per paese. Bonechi Editore, Firenze 1996, ISBN 88-8029-156-4 .
• Various authors: Piemonte (non compresa Torino). Touring Club Italiano, Milano 1976, p. 645, Toceno online (Italian)

Web links

Commons : Toceno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Toceno (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/piemonte
• Toceno (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Toceno (Italian) on piemonte.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni
• Information at piemonteweb.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Regula Puskás: Franz Jelmoli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 16, 2013 , accessed May 13, 2020 .