Toceno
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Country | Italy | |
region | Piedmont | |
province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 8 ′ N , 8 ° 28 ′ 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 |
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
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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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Regula Puskás: Franz Jelmoli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 16, 2013 , accessed May 13, 2020 .