Bognanco

Bognanco
Comune
Comune di Bognanco
Coat of arms
Bognanco Location of Bognanco in Italy
Coordinates: 46°7′45″N 8°11′54″E / 46.12917°N 8.19833°E / 46.12917; 8.19833
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Government
• Mayor	Giuseppe Maccagno (lista civica), elected 7 June 2009.
Area[1]
• Total	58.1 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
Elevation[2]	980 m (3,220 ft)
Highest elevation	2,173 m (7,129 ft)
Lowest elevation	380 m (1,250 ft)
Population (1 January 2009)[1]
• Total	258
• Density	4.4/km2 (12/sq mi)
Demonym	Bognanchesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28042
Dialing code	0324
Patron saint	Saint Lawrence[3]
Saint day	10 August
Website	www.comune.bognanco.vb.it

Bognanco, population c.250, is a commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley about 120 km northeast of Turin immediately to the west of Domodossola and on the border with Switzerland. Its municipal boundaries extend over an area of 58.1 km² which ranges in altitude from 380 to 2,713 metres above sea-level and borders on the Italian communes of Antrona Schieranco, Crevoladossola, Domodossola, Montescheno and Trasquera, and Zwischbergen in the Swiss canton Valais.

The population is distributed between two main settlements, a number of hamlets, and various isolated dwellings: the seat of the municipality is in San Lorenzo (980 m). Fonti (669 m) was also classified as a centro abitato ("populated centre"). Less strongly defined settlements (nuclei abitati) were Graniga (1113 m), Messasca (525 m), and Pizzanco (1142 m). Localities whose population was subject to significant variation during the course of a year were Pioi (850 m), La Gomba (1251 m), and Vercengio (1299 m). Morasco (956 m) is described as a ‘special mountain nucleus’. ^[2]

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