Lavarone is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian

Italy

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 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 20 km southeast of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,109 and an area of 26.3 km².

The municipality of Lavarone contains the frazioni (subdivisions): Chiesa, Cappella, Gionghi, Masetti, Villanova, Longhi, Magrè, Slaghenaufi, Masi di Sotto, Bertoldi, Nicolussi, Piccoli, Oseli, Gasperi, Lanzino, Albertini, Rocchetti, Malga Laghetto, Stengheli, Azzolini and Lenzi.

Lavarone borders the following municipalities: Caldonazzo

Caldonazzo

Caldonazzo is a comune in Valsugana, in Trentino, northern Italy.The nearby Lake of Caldonazzo is the source of the Brenta River....

, Luserna

Luserna

Luserna is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km southeast of Trento...

, Folgaria

Folgaria

Folgaria is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km southeast of Trento...

, Pedemonte

Pedemonte

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, Levico Terme

Levico Terme

Levico Terme is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km southeast of Trento...

 and Lastebasse

Lastebasse

Lastebasse is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is on SP350. As of 2007 Lastebasse had an estimated population of 247.-Sources:*...

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Until the beginning of the twentieth century the people of Lavarone spoke Cimbrian

Cimbrian language

Cimbrian refers to any of several local Upper German varieties spoken in northeastern Italy. The speakers of the language are known as Zimbern....

, an ancient German dialect

German language

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