Villa di Chiavenna

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Villa di Chiavenna
coat of arms
Villa di Chiavenna (Italy)
Villa di Chiavenna
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates 46 ° 20 ′  N , 9 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height 633  m slm
surface 32 km²
Residents 956 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23029
prefix 0343
ISTAT number 014077
Popular name Villesi
Patron saint Sebastian (Saint) and Fabianus ( January 20 )
Website Villa di Chiavenna
Villa di Chiavenna municipality in the province of Sondrio
Swiss-Italian border guard in 1918
Church in the district of Canete
San Barnaba district

Villa di Chiavenna is a municipality on the Mera in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy , Italy . Villa di Chiavenna has 956 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) on 32 km².

geography

The municipality is located directly on the border with Castasegna in the canton of Graubünden , Switzerland . Villa di Chiavenna is the last municipality in the Italian part of Bergell . The neighboring municipalities are Bondo GR , Castasegna, Novate Mezzola , Piuro and Soglio GR . The Mera flows in its territory .

Stefania Casini

Attractions

  • The parish church of San Sebastiano preserves the precious wooden statue of the Madonna and Child by Ivo Strigel from Memmingen (1494).
  • Church of San Barnaba in the district of San Barnaba a baroque re-creation of a previous building from 1490 houses two fragments of frescoes from the 15th century Last Supper and Saint .

Personalities

  • Stefania Casini (born September 4, 1948 in Villa di Chiavenna) is an Italian actress and film director.

literature

Web links

Commons : Villa di Chiavenna  - 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.