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This article is about the municipality in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. For other uses, see Fonti (disambiguation). Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Bognanco Bügnanch
Comune
Comune di Bognanco
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Location of Bognanco
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Coordinates: 46°7′45″N 8°11′54″E / 46.12917°N 8.19833°E / 46.12917; 8.19833
CountryItaly
RegionPiedmont
ProvinceVerbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Government
 • MayorGiuseppe Maccagno (lista civica), elected 7 June 2009.
Area
 • Total58.1 km (22.4 sq mi)
Elevation980 m (3,220 ft)
Highest elevation2,173 m (7,129 ft)
Lowest elevation380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 • Total258
 • Density4.4/km (12/sq mi)
DemonymBognanchesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code28042
Dialing code0324
Patron saintSaint Lawrence
Saint day10 August
Websitewww.comune.bognanco.vb.it
San Lorenzo in Bognanco

Bognanco (Western Lombard: Bügnanch), population about 250, is a commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Turin immediately to the west of Domodossola and on the border with Switzerland. Its municipal boundaries extend over an area of 58.1 square kilometres (22.4 sq mi) that ranges in elevation from 380 to 2,713 metres (1,247 to 8,901 ft) above sea-level and borders on the Italian communes of Antrona Schieranco, Crevoladossola, Domodossola, Montescheno and Trasquera, and Zwischbergen in the Swiss canton Valais.

The population is distributed between two main settlements, a number of hamlets, and various isolated dwellings: the seat of the municipality is in San Lorenzo (980 m). Fonti (669 m) was also classified as a centro abitato ("populated centre"). Less strongly defined settlements (nuclei abitati) were Graniga (1113 m), Messasca (525 m), and Pizzanco (1142 m). Localities whose population was subject to significant variation during the course of a year were Pioi (850 m), La Gomba (1251 m), and Vercengio (1299 m). Morasco (956 m) is described as a ‘special mountain nucleus’.

References

  1. ^ ‘Elenco dei comuni al 30 ottobre 2009’, Istat, 2009.
  2. ^ ‘Tavola: Popolazione residente - Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (dettaglio loc. abitate)’, 2001 census, Istat.
  3. ‘Comune di Bognanco’, tuttitalia.it.
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