Luzzogno
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| Luzzogno | |
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| Frazione | |
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 Luzzogno
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region |  Piedmont |
| Province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) |
| Comune | Valstrona |
| Elevation[1] | 707 m (2,320 ft) |
| Population (2001)[2] | |
| • Total | 353 |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 28897 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 0323 |
Luzzogno is a frazione (and parish[3] ) of the municipality of Valstrona,[1] in Piedmont, northern Italy.
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Overview
File:Luzzogno madonna della colletta.jpg
Madonna della Colletta sanctuary
It is a village located some km from the main road of the Valle Strona, on the left side of Strona river.[1]
Since 1928 it was a separate comune (municipality).[4]
Naming
Luzzogno should come from the latin Lux-omnium (light of everybody, or light of all the valley) or from Lucus-Usium, literally Usi's forest, being the Usi the old inhabitants of the area.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
- ↑ 14° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in June 2013)
- ↑ Parrocchia di Luzzogno (abitazione parroco) www.elenchitelefonici.it(accessed on October 2013)
- ↑ Gazzetta ufficiale del Regno d'Italia - year 69 nr.8, January 11th 1928; page 128; on-line in .pdf on [1] (accessed on October 2013)
- ↑ Benvenuti a Luzzogno!, on-line page on www.luzzogno.it (accessed on July 2013)
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
