Villa di Tirano

Villa di Tirano
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates	46 ° 12 ′  N , 10 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  E
height	406  m slm
surface	25 km²
Residents	2,969 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	119 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23030
prefix	0342
ISTAT number	014078
Popular name	villaschi
Patron saint	San Lorenzo ( August 10th )
Website	Villa di Tirano

Villa di Tirano municipality in the province of Sondrio

Villa di Tirano, vineyard

Luigi Torelli

Villa di Tirano is a political municipality with 2969 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Sondrio in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality includes the Motta and Stazzona fractions . The neighboring communities are Aprica , Bianzone , Brusio (CH-GR), Corteno Golgi (BS), Teglio and Tirano .

From the district of Stazzona over the cavern at 394 m. ü. HM the hydroelectric plant Stazzona can the church and former tourist accommodation Santa Perpetua above Tirano , or the Basilica of Madonna di Tirano , be reached.

Personalities

• Lorenzo Piccioli (* around 1726 in Villa di Tirano; † March 1, 1779 ibid), painter, quadraturist, active in Poschiavo in 1760
• Count Luigi Torelli (born February 9, 1810 in Villa di Tirano, † November 14, 1887 in Tirano) was an Italian officer, prefect and politician.
• Grytzko Mascioni (1936–2003), editor, producer and author.

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 388.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Villa di Tirano Online
• Villa di Tirano on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Villa di Tirano  - 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. ↑ Lorenzo Piccioli. In: Sikart , accessed January 15, 2016.