Luzzogno

Luzzogno is a frazione (and parish[3] ) of the municipality of Valstrona,[1] in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Luzzogno
Frazione
Luzzogno
Location of Luzzogno in Italy
Coordinates: 45°54′52″N 8°20′41″E
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
ProvinceVerbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
ComuneValstrona
Elevation707 m (2,320 ft)
Population
 (2001)[2]
 • Total353
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28897
Dialing code(+39) 0323

Overview
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.[1]

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

Naming

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
  1. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. 14° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in June 2013)
  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 (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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