Antrona Schieranco is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Verbano-Cusio-Ossola is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was created in 1996 through the fusion of three distinct regions which had previously been part of the Province of Novara...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, located about 120 km northeast of Turin

Turin

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 and about 35 km northwest of Verbania

Verbania

Verbania is a city and comune on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, in northwest Italy, about north-west of Milan and about from Locarno in Switzerland.-Overview:...

, in a branch of the Val d'Ossola, on the border with Switzerland.

Antrona Schieranco borders the following municipalities: Bognanco

Bognanco

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...

, Calasca-Castiglione

Calasca-Castiglione

Calasca-Castiglione is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Verbania...

, Ceppo Morelli

Ceppo Morelli

Ceppo Morelli is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km west of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland...

, Montescheno

Montescheno

Montescheno is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Verbania...

, Saas Almagell (Switzerland), Vanzone con San Carlo

Vanzone con San Carlo

Vanzone con San Carlo is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km west of Verbania...

, Viganella

Viganella

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, Zwischbergen

Zwischbergen

Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.-Gondo:The village of Gondo, which is part of Zwischenbergen, is located at the southern foot of the Simplon Pass on the Italian border. Although the majority language has been German for a long time, the...

 (Switzerland). Until 1946, it was a center for silver and gold mining.

The Portjengrat

Portjengrat

Portjengrat is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. It is the highest peak in the Val d'Ossola-External links:*...

(Italian: Pizzo d'Andolla) is located nearby.