Cannero Riviera | |
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| Comune di Cannero Riviera | |
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Location of Cannero Riviera  | |
  Cannero Riviera Location of Cannero Riviera in Italy  Cannero Riviera Cannero Riviera (Piedmont) | |
| Coordinates: 46°1′N 8°41′E / 46.017°N 8.683°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 | 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 ([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.
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.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.