Formazza 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 160 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 50 km north 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:...

, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 443 and an area of 131.8 km².

The municipality of Formazza contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Foppiano, Antillone, Fondovalle, Chiesa, Valdo, San Michele, Ponte, Brendo, Grovella, Canza, Sotto Frua, La Frua, and Riale.

Formazza borders the following municipalities: Baceno

Baceno

Baceno is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 140 km northeast of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland...

, Bedretto

Bedretto

Bedretto is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:In 1906 pre-Roman graves and a Roman era villa and coins were discovered in Bedretto. The presumption, that it was originally part of Airolo, could not be confirmed by any available records...

 (Switzerland), Bignasco

Bignasco

Bignasco is a village in the district of Vallemaggia, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. On 22 October 2006 Bignasco lost its status as an independent municipality when together with the village of Cavergno it was incorporated into the municipality of Cevio....

 (Switzerland), Binn

Binn

Binn is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.The Binn valley is known for its rich mineral deposits, some types of which are unique to the area. The notable Lengenbach Quarry is in Binn....

 (Switzerland), Bosco Gurin (Switzerland), Cavergno

Cavergno

Cavergno is a village in the district of Vallemaggia, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. On 22 October 2006 Cavergno lost its status as an independent municipality when together with the village of Bignasco it was incorporated into the municipality of Cevio....

 (Switzerland), Premia

Premia

Premia is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 140 km northeast of Turin and about 40 km northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland...

, Reckingen-Gluringen

Reckingen-Gluringen

Reckingen-Gluringen is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed in 2004 from the union of the municipalities of Reckingen and Gluringen.-History:...

 (Switzerland), Ulrichen (Switzerland).

Walser

Walser

The Walser are German-speaking people who live in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria. The Walser people are named after the Wallis , the uppermost Rhône River valley...

 Germans founded these villages, where Walliser German is still spoken. Also the style of the houses is typically German.

External links

• www.comune.formazza.vb.it