Vanzone con San Carlo

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Vanzone con San Carlo
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Vanzone con San Carlo (Italy)
Vanzone con San Carlo
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 45 ° 58 ′  N , 8 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
height 677  m slm
surface 16 km²
Residents 385 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28879
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103070
Popular name vanzonesi
Patron saint Catherine of Alexandria ( November 25 )
Website Vanzone con San Carlo
Vanzone Municipal House
Battiggio tower
Old Roletto Mill
Vanzone-Isolella train station

Vanzone con San Carlo is a municipality in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) in the Piedmont region .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 677 m above sea level. M. The municipality consists of the districts of Vanzone, Roletto, Ronchi Dentro, Ronchi Fuori, Valeggio, Battiggio, San Carlo and Pianezza. The neighboring communities are Antrona Schieranco , Bannio Anzino , Calasca-Castiglione and Ceppo Morelli . The municipality covers an area of ​​16  km² .

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 902 952 760 807 743 658 724 514 505 512 435 394 386

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria built between 1642 and 1649 with a large wooden portal; it preserves a strange baroque high altar
  • Rectory built in 1642
  • Battiggio tower called dei cani
  • Old Roleto Mill
  • Pont Partus stone bridge

Industry

Gold mine and the thermal spring : in the area at approx. 1,500 m above sea level. M. is a gold mine that was abandoned in the first years of the 20th century and is known as the miniera dei Cani .

There is a mineral water spring in the tunnel , which is mainly rich in iron and arsenic . This arsenic water has healing and therapeutic properties that have been known since the Middle Ages.

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 .
  • Various authors: Piemonte (non compresa Torino). Touring Club Italiano, Milano 1976, p. 616, Vanzone online (Italian)

Web links

Commons : Vanzone con San Carlo  - 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.