Trasquera

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Trasquera
coat of arms
Trasquera (Italy)
Trasquera
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E
height 1100  m slm
surface 39 km²
Residents 172 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 4 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28868
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103067
Popular name trasqueresi
Patron saint Gervasius and Protasius ( June 19 )
Website Trasquera
Trasquera
Simplon railway tunnel south portal in Iselle von Trasquera

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

geography

The place is at an altitude of 1,100 m above sea level, with the border village of Iselle at only 629 m above sea level. M. lies. The municipality's train station is also located in Iselle and is also the border crossing point on the Simplon Pass road to Switzerland.

The municipality covers an area of ​​39  km² . The Iselle and Paglino fractions belong to the Trasquera . The neighboring communities are Bognanco , Crevoladossola , Domodossola , Varzo and Zwischenbergen in the canton of Valais.

The population has decreased continuously in the last decades, around 1911 the community still had over 1000 inhabitants, in the 1930s it still had 700 inhabitants. Trasquera is located directly on the Swiss border .

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 707 765 760 655 903 817 691 520 370 279 211 178

Sports

The La Sotta cross-country ski run is located in Trasquera.

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 .

Web links

Commons : Trasquera  - 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.