Trontano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Piedmont | |
province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 5 ' N , 8 ° 18' 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 |
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
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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
- Trontano (Italian) on tuttitalia.it
- Trontano (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Trontano (Italian) on piemonte.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni
- Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Martin Bundi: Viscardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .