Verbania
Verbania | |
|---|---|
| Città di Verbania | |
.jpg) Aerial view of Verbania | |
 Coat airms | |
  Verbania Location o Verbania in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°56′N 08°32′E / 45.933°N 8.533°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Piemont |
| Province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) |
| Frazioni | Antoliva, Bieno, Biganzolo, Cavandone, Fondotoce, Intra, Pallanza, Possaccio, Suna, Torchiedo, Trobaso, Zoverallo |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Marco Zacchera (centre-right; electit 08/06/2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.6 km2 (14.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Population (30 Aprile 2009) | |
| • Total | 31,121 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Verbanesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 28900, 28921-28925 |
| Diallin code | 0323 |
| Patron saunt | Victor the Moor |
| Saunt day | Mey 8 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Verbania 
listen (help·info) (Lombard: Verbania, Piedmontese: Verbania) is a ceety an comune (commune) on the shore o Loch Maggiore, Piemont, in northwast Italy, aboot 91 km (57 mi) north-wast o Milan an aboot 40 km (25 mi) frae Locarno in Swisserland.
Owerview[eedit | eedit soorce]
It faces the ceety o Stresa leein at a distance o 3.7 km (2 mi) athort Loch Maggiore (16 km (10 mi) bi road). The present-day Verbania wis creatit bi the 1939 merger o the ceeties o Intra, Pallanza an Suna, an ither frazioni. Syne 1992 it haes been the caipital o the province o Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. A smaw islet leein a stane's throw frae the shores o Verbania (the Pallanza subdiveesion) an separatit frae it bi a narrae stretch o watter juist 10 or 15 metres' wide, kent as the Isolino di San Giovanni, is famous for haein been the hame o Arturo Toscanini atween the years o 1927 an 1952.
Main sichts[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto, an estate wi fine botanical gardens.
Transport[eedit | eedit soorce]
Verbania-Pallanza railwey station, opened in 1905, forms pairt o the Milan–Domodossola railwey. It is in the Fondotoce destrict, atween Loch Mergozzo an the river Toce, juist upstream frae whaur the Toce flows intae Lake Maggiore.
Twin touns[eedit | eedit soorce]
Verbania is twinned wi the follaein ceeties an touns:
