Cannero Riviera

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Cannero Riviera
—  Comune  —
Comune di Cannero Riviera
Cannero Riviera is located in Italy
Cannero Riviera
Location of Cannero Riviera in Italy
Coordinates: 46°1′N 8°41′E / 46.017°N 8.683°E / 46.017; 8.683Coordinates: 46°1′N 8°41′E / 46.017°N 8.683°E / 46.017; 8.683
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Frazioni Barbè, Donego, Cassino, Cheggio, Oggiogno, Piancassone, Ponte
Government
 • Mayor Maria Pia Bottacchi
 (elected 2004-06-13)
Area
 • Total 14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi)
Elevation 212 m (696 ft)
Population (31 May 2006)
 • Total 1,073
 • Density Bad rounding here74/km2 (Bad rounding here190/sq mi)
Demonym Canneresi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 28051
Dialing code 0323
Patron saint Madonna del Carmine
Saint day Second Monday of July
Website Official website

Cannero Riviera ([càn-ne-ro]; in Piedmontese Càner), is a comune with a population of 1,073 and an area of 14.46 km² in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. The settlement is situated on the western shore of Lago Maggiore; it is about 130 km northeast of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Verbania.

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 nineteenth-century politician Massimo D’Azeglio spent his last years in his villa here.

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

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