Val Masino

Val Masino
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Sondrio  (SO)
Local name	Val Màsin
Coordinates	46 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '45 "  N , 9 ° 38' 14"  E
height	787  m slm
surface	116 km²
Residents	868 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	7 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23010
prefix	0342
ISTAT number	014074
Popular name	Valmasinesi
Patron saint	Peter of Verona ( April 29 )
Website	Val Masino

Val Masino is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 868 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy . The village of Bagni del Masino is known for its thermal baths.

geography

Val Masino municipality in the province of Sondrio

Bagni di Masino (1895)

The municipality is located about 18.5 kilometers west-northwest of Sondrio in the Val Masino of the same name and borders directly on the Swiss municipality of Bregaglia in the canton of Graubünden . The municipality is surrounded by several mountains with peaks from 3,000 to 3,600 meters (including Monte Disgrazia ) and Val di Mello is one of them. The neighboring communities are Ardenno , Bregaglia (CH-GR), Buglio in Monte , Chiesa in Valmalenco , Civo and Novate Mezzola .

history

In the Bagni del Masino Matteo Bandello also came here, and in the 18th century the members of the most famous Lombard families came to take care, as attested by the writings preserved in a wood-paneled room.

Population at the time of the 2011 census for the inhabited area

• Cataeggio, 611
• San Martino, 328
• Visido di Fuori, 0
• Bagni del Masino, 0
• Case sparse, 0

Total commune of Val Masino: 939

Val di Mello

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 368.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Val Masino Online
• Val Masino on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Val Masino  - 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.