Castelveccana
Encyclopedia
Castelveccana is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Varese
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 70 km northwest of Milan
and about 20 km northwest of Varese
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Castelveccana borders the following municipalities: Brenta
, Casalzuigno
, Cittiglio
, Ghiffa
, Laveno-Mombello
, Oggebbio
, Porto Valtravaglia
.
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 Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese but its largest city is Busto Arsizio....
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 Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 70 km northwest of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and about 20 km northwest of Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
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Castelveccana borders the following municipalities: Brenta
Brenta (VA)
Brenta is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,705 and an area of 4.2 km².Brenta borders the following municipalities: Azzio,...
, Casalzuigno
Casalzuigno
Casalzuigno is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Varese....
, Cittiglio
Cittiglio
Cittiglio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km northwest of Varese...
, Ghiffa
Ghiffa
Ghiffa is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km northeast of Turin and about 7 km northeast of Verbania on the western shore of the Lake Maggiore....
, Laveno-Mombello
Laveno-Mombello
Laveno-Mombello is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Varese...
, Oggebbio
Oggebbio
Oggebbio is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 130 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km northeast of Verbania....
, Porto Valtravaglia
Porto Valtravaglia
Porto Valtravaglia is a comune of c. 2,400 inhabitants in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Varese....
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