Cannero Riviera

Comune in Piedmont, Italy

46°1′N 8°41′E / 46.017°N 8.683°E / 46.017; 8.683CountryItalyRegionPiedmontProvinceVerbano-Cusio-Ossola (VCO)Government • MayorFederico Carmine
 (elected 26/05/2014) (The Residents' Group)Area • Total14.46 km² (5.58 sq mi)Elevation212 m (696 ft)Population • Total973 • Density67/km² (170/sq mi)DemonymCanneresiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeDialing code0323Patron saintMadonna del CarmineSaint daySecond Monday of JulyWebsiteOfficial websiteoutlying 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.

See also

• Media related to Cannero Riviera at Wikimedia Commons
• Castelli di Cannero

Demographic evolution

Minorities of foreign residents

ISTAT data recorded on January 1, 2011, show that there were 107 foreign residents, as follows:

• Greek 42
• German 27
• Bangladeshi 16
• Brazilian 10
• Others 12

References

• Most demographics and other statistics sourced from the Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

• www.cannero.it/
• Official Tourism Gateway^{[permanent dead link]} Lake Maggiore Official Tourism Gateway
  • Cannero Riviera