Bolzano Novarese
Encyclopedia
Bolzano Novarese is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Novara
in the Italian
region of Piedmont
, located about 100 km northeast of Turin
and about 40 km northwest of Novara
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,046 and an area of 3.3 km².
Bolzano Novarese borders the following municipalities: Ameno
, Gozzano, Invorio
, and Orta San Giulio
.
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 Novara
Province of Novara
Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region of 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 100 km northeast of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and about 40 km northwest of Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,046 and an area of 3.3 km².
Bolzano Novarese borders the following municipalities: Ameno
Ameno
Ameno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Novara...
, Gozzano, Invorio
Invorio
Invorio is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Novara...
, and Orta San Giulio
Orta San Giulio
Orta San Giulio is a town and comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Novara....
.
Notable people
- The Italian ski mountaineer Carlo BattelCarlo BattelCarlo Battel is an Italian ski mountaineer.Battel was born in Bolzano Novarese. He started ski mountaineering in 1993 and competed first in the Trofeo Cemin race in the same year...
was born in Bolzano on May 6, 1972.