Porto Valtravaglia

Porto Valtravaglia
—  Comune  —
Comune di Porto Valtravaglia
Porto Valtravaglia
Porto Valtravaglia
Location of Porto Valtravaglia in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Varese (VA)
Frazioni Ligurno, Muceno, Musadino, San Michele, C.na Profarè, C.na Bassa, Monte Pian Nave, Monte della Colonna, Monte Ganna, Domo, Torre, Casa Piano Croce
Government
 • Mayor Bruno Virgilio Barassi
Area
 • Total 16.0 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Elevation 199 m (653 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)[1]
 • Total 2,464
 • Density 154/km2 (398.9/sq mi)
Demonym Portovaltravagliesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 21010
Dialing code 0332
Patron saint Madonna Assunta
Saint day August 15
Website Official website

Porto Valtravaglia is a comune (municipality) of c. 2,400 inhabitants in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Varese.

Porto Valtravaglia borders the following municipalities: Brezzo di Bedero, Brissago-Valtravaglia, Casalzuigno, Castelveccana, Duno, Ghiffa and Oggebbio.

Dario Fo, Nobel Prize for literature, spent his childhood and adolescence here.

Demographic evolution


References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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