Viverone

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Viverone
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Viverone (Italy)
Viverone
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Biella  (BI)
Coordinates 45 ° 25 '  N , 8 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 25 '17 "  N , 8 ° 4' 14"  E
height 287  m slm
surface 12 km²
Residents 1,408 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 117 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 13886
prefix 0161
ISTAT number 096080
Popular name Viveronesi
Patron saint Santa Maria Assunta

Viverone is a municipality with 1408 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Biella (BI), Piedmont region .

The neighboring municipalities are Alice Castello , Azeglio , Borgo d'Ale , Piverone , Roppolo and Zimone .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​twelve km² .

water sports

Lake Viverone is one of the most beautiful waterskiing and wakeboarding areas in Europe because of the always flat and warm water.

In 2011, for the first time since the 1970s, motorboat races for world and European championships were held on the lake.

Attractions

The "noche latina", Latin American nights that attract visitors from all over Piedmont to Viverone every Wednesday evening in the summer are very unusual for such a small place. Several thousand visitors regularly cavort on the Seepromanenade.

Viticulture

Red wine Barbera, Nebbiolo, Bonarda, Freisa and white wine, mainly Erbaluce, are grown on the south-western slopes along the lake shore. POZZO is a large wine producing Azienda Agricola. There, as usual, the wine is also sold openly, provided you bring containers with you for filling.

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Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
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