Verbania

Verbania
Comune
Città di Verbania
Verbania pictured from the summit of Mottarone
Location of Verbania
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Frazioni	Antoliva, Bieno, Biganzolo, Cavandone, Fondotoce, Intra, Pallanza, Possaccio, Suna, Torchiedo, Trobaso, Zoverallo
Government
• Mayor	Marco Zacchera (centre-right; elected 08/06/2009
Area
• Total	37.6 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
Elevation	197 m (646 ft)
Population  (30 April 2009)
• Total	31,121
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Verbanesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28900, 28921-28925
Dialing code	0323
Patron saint	Victor the Moor
Saint day	May 8
Website	Official website

Verbania (Lombard and Piedmontese: Verbania) is a city and comune (commune) on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont in northwest Italy. It was created by the 1939 merger of the cities of Intra, Pallanza and Suna. Since 1992 it has been the capital of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola.

Points of interest

• Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto, an estate with fine botanical gardens

Twin towns

Verbania is twinned with the following cities and towns:

• - Bourg-de-Péage, France
• - Crikvenica, Croatia
• - East Grinstead, United Kingdom
• - Mindelheim, Germany
• - Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
• - Schwaz, Austria
• - Piatra Neamţ, Romania

Notable people

• Emanuela Brizio (b. 1968), mountain runner

See also

• István Türr#Pallanza Dignitary

External links

• Official website of Comune di Verbania Template:It icon
• Official Tourism Gateway Lake Maggiore Official Tourism Gateway

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