Cannero Riviera

Cannero Riviera
Comune
Comune di Cannero Riviera
Cannero Riviera

Location of Cannero Riviera in Italy

Coordinates: very small town (973) 46°1′N 8°41′E / 46.017°N 8.683°E / 46.017; 8.683Coordinates: very small town (973) 46°1′N 8°41′E / 46.017°N 8.683°E / 46.017; 8.683
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province / Metropolitan city Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VCO)
Government
 • Mayor Federico Carmine
 (elected 26/05/2014) (The Residents' Group)
Area
 • Total 14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi)
Elevation 212 m (696 ft)
Population (31 May 2011)
 • Total 973
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Canneresi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 28051
Dialing code 0323
Patron saint Madonna del Carmine
Saint day Second Monday of July
Website Official website

Cannero Riviera ([càn-ne-ro]; in Western Lombard Càner), is a comune (an Italian municipality) with a population of 973 and an area of 14.46 square kilometres (5.58 sq mi) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont. The settlement is situated on the western shore of Lago Maggiore; it is about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of Turin about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Verbania and a similar distance from the Italian-speaking, Swiss Canton known as the Ticino.

Cannero Riviera borders the following municipalities: Aurano, Cannobio, Oggebbio, Trarego Viggiona; and across the lake in the Lombard Province of Varese: Brezzo di Bedero, Germignaga, Luino.

The 19th-century politician Massimo D’Azeglio spent his last years in his villa here.

See also

Demographic evolution

Minorities of foreign residents 

ISTAT data recorded on January 1st 2011, show that there were 107 foreign residents, as follows:

References

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