Travedona months

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Travedona months
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Travedona months (Italy)
Travedona months
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 48 '  N , 8 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '0 "  N , 8 ° 40' 0"  E
height 273  m slm
surface 9 km²
Residents 4,079 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 453 inhabitants / km²
Factions Months, Chiosetto, Faraona, Fornacette, Moncucco, Montebello, Mulini, Piane, Ronco, Cascina Monteggia, Villaggio Ignis
Post Code 21028
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012128
Popular name travedonesi
Patron saint Vitus (saint) ( June 15 ), Madonna della Neve ( August 5 )
Website Travedona months
Municipality of Travedona -months in the province of Varese
Travedona-Biandronno railway station
Lake months

Travedona -months is a municipality in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located between Lake Maggiore and Lake Varese on Lake Months and covers an area of ​​9  km² . Travedona months include the fractions Months, Chiosetto, Faraona, Fornacette, Moncucco, Montebello, Mulini, Piane, Ronco, Cascina Monteggia and Villaggio Ignis. The neighboring municipalities of Travedona -months are Biandronno , Brebbia , Bregano , Cadrezzate , Comabbio , Ispra , Malgesso , Osmate and Ternate .

Toponomics

The name Travedona is the first part of the name from the Latin intra or trans and vedona (abetona), meaning between the fir tree . Months, is derived from the Latin name of the person Mon (n) us with the addition -ate or from the Latin Lamone, which denotes a swamp and thus the small lake of months.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 469 769 * 1040 832 1621 1830 2100 2146 2004 3005 3340 3337 4022 4095 4120
  • 1809 Merger with Months and Cazzago

Events

  • Feast of Madonna della Neve, every year on August 5th

Attractions

  • Late Romanesque church of Madonna della Neve (middle of the 14th century) with a beautiful carved portal, preserved old frescoes, etc. a. Crucifixion , Madonna and Child and in the apse Madonna in trono con san Martino e san Bernardino .
  • Casa Castello (14th century)

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, pp. 240-241.

Web links

Commons : Travedona Months  - 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.