Cannero Riviera ([càn-ne-ro]; in Western Lombard Càner), is a comune (an Italian municipality) with a population of 973 and an area of 14.46 square kilometres (5.58 sq mi) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont. The settlement is situated on the western shore of Lago Maggiore; it is about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of Turin about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Verbania and a similar distance from the Italian-speaking, Swiss Canton known as the Ticino.
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Comune | |
Comune di Cannero Riviera | |
Location of Cannero Riviera | |
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Coordinates: 46°1′N 8°41′E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Piedmont |
Province | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VCO) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Federico Carmine (elected 26/05/2014) (The Residents' Group) |
Area | |
• Total | 14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) |
Population (31 May 2011)[2] | |
• Total | 973 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Canneresi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 28821 |
Dialing code | 0323 |
Patron saint | Madonna del Carmine |
Saint day | Second Monday of July |
Website | Official website |
outlying wards: Barbè, Donego, Cassino, Cheggio, Oggiogno, Piancassone, Ponte |
Cannero Riviera borders the following municipalities: Aurano, Cannobio, Oggebbio, Trarego Viggiona; and across the lake in the Lombard Province of Varese: Brezzo di Bedero, Germignaga, Luino.
The 19th-century politician Massimo D’Azeglio spent his last years in his villa here.
ISTAT data recorded on January 1, 2011, show that there were 107 foreign residents, as follows:
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