Coordinates: 45°54′52″N 8°20′41″E / 45.91444°N 8.34472°E / 45.91444; 8.34472

Luzzogno

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Luzzogno
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CountryItaly
RegionFile:Flag of Piedmont.svg Piedmont
ProvinceVerbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
ComuneValstrona
Elevation707 m (2,320 ft)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total
353
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28897
Dialing code(+39) 0323

Luzzogno is a frazione (and parish[3] ) of the municipality of Valstrona,[2] in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Overview

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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.[2]

Since 1928 it was a separate comune (municipality).[4]

Naming

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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

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  1. ^ 14° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in June 2013)
  2. ^ a b c Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
  3. ^ Parrocchia di Luzzogno (abitazione parroco) www.elenchitelefonici.it(accessed on October 2013)
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Benvenuti a Luzzogno!, on-line page on www.luzzogno.it Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on July 2013)
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