Trontano

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Trontano
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Trontano (Italy)
Trontano
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 5 '  N , 8 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 5 '0 "  N , 8 ° 18' 0"  E
height 520  m slm
surface 57 km²
Residents 1,663 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28030
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103068
Popular name trontanesi
Patron saint Birth of Mary ( September 8th )
Website Trontano
Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region
Trontano
Trontano train station

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

geography

The place is at an altitude of 520 m above sea level. M. The municipality covers an area of ​​57  km² . The groups Chiesa, Ventriago, Cocco, Quara, Castello, Verigo, Cosasca, Croppo, Quarata, Porcelli, Grignaschi, Casello, Paiesco, Marone, Ronco, Pello, Pigiaia and Melezzo belong to Trontano. The neighboring municipalities are Beura-Cardezza , Cossogno , Domodossola , Druogno , Malesco , Masera , Premosello-Chiovenda and Santa Maria Maggiore .

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 1235 1342 1353 1205 1388 1492 1575 1591 1654 1710 1702 1652

traffic

Trontano is served by the station of the same name on the Domodossola - Locarno line.

Attractions

  • Parish church Maria Nascente built in 1554 with a strange Romanesque facade, preserves frescoes (14th century)
  • Oratory Santa Marta with frescoes (1739) by the painter Giuseppe Borgnis (1701–1761) from Craveggia
  • Imposing Casa forte remnants of an old castle.

Personalities

  • Giovanni Antonio Viscardi (* around 1510 in Trontano; † after 1575 in Roveredo ), he moved to Locarno , accepted the Reformed faith there and married Caterina Muralto. After the Protestants were expelled in 1555, he fled to Roveredo (GR) and worked there as a teacher; together with Giovanni Beccaria he worked for 20 years to spread the Reformation in the Misox .

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 : Trontano  - 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.
  2. ↑ Martin Bundi: Viscardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .