Verbania

Verbania
Comune
Città di Verbania
Verbania pictured from the summit of Mottarone Verbania pictured from the summit of Mottarone
Verbania Location of Verbania in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province / Metropolitan city	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Frazioni	Antoliva, Bieno, Biganzolo, Cavandone, Fondotoce, Intra, Pallanza, Possaccio, Suna, Torchiedo, Trobaso, Zoverallo
Government
• Mayor	Silvia Marchionini (Partito Democratico; elected 08/06/2014)
Area
• Total	37.6 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
Elevation	min. 200, max. 678 m ( ft)
Population (30 April 2009)
• Total	31,121
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Verbanesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28900, 28921-28925
Dialing code	0323
Patron saint	Victor the Moor
Saint day	May 8
Website	Official website

Verbania [verˈbaːnja] (Lombard: Verbania, Piedmontese: Verbania) is the most populous comune (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about 91 km (57 mi) north-west of Milan and about 40 km (25 mi) from Locarno in Switzerland. It had a population of 31,121 at 30 April 2009.

Overview

It faces the city of Stresa lying at a direct distance of 3.7 km (2 mi) across Lake Maggiore, and 16 km (10 mi) by road. The present-day Verbania was created by the 1939 merger of the cities of Intra, Pallanza and Suna, and other frazioni. Since 1992 it has been the capital of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. A small islet lying a stone's throw from the shores of the Pallanza frazione and separated from it by a narrow stretch of water just 10 or 15 metres' wide, known as the Isolino di San Giovanni, is famous for having been the home of Arturo Toscanini between the years of 1927 and 1952.

Main sights

Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto is an estate with fine botanical gardens.

Transport

Verbania-Pallanza railway station, opened in 1905, forms part of the Milan–Domodossola railway. It is in the Fondotoce district, between Lake Mergozzo and the river Toce, just upstream from where the Toce flows into Lake Maggiore.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Twin towns – Sister cities

Verbania is twinned with the following cities and towns:

• Bourg-de-Péage, France
• Crikvenica, Croatia
• East Grinstead, United Kingdom
• Mindelheim, Germany
• Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
• Schwaz, Austria
• Piatra Neamţ, Romania

Notable people

• Samuele Beretta (b. 1990), footballer
• Beniamino Bonomi (b. 1968), canoeist
• Emanuela Brizio (b. 1968), mountain runner
• Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928), Field Marshal of Italy during World War I
• Raffaele Cadorna, Jr. (1889–1973), general
• Emma Morano (b. 1899), second oldest living person
• Angelo Pagotto (b. 1973), footballer

See also

• S.S. Verbania Calcio
• István Türr#Pallanza Dignitary

External links

• Official website (Italian)
• Official Tourism Gateway Lake Maggiore Official Tourism Gateway