Lesa
Encyclopedia
Lesa is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Novara
in the Italian
region of Piedmont
, located about 110 km northeast of Turin
and about 45 km north of Novara
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,470 and an area of 12.5 km².
The municipality of Lesa contains the frazioni
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Villa Lesa, Solcio, Comnago, and Calogna.
Lesa borders the following municipalities: Belgirate
, Brovello-Carpugnino
, Ispra
, Massino Visconti
, Meina
, Nebbiuno
, Ranco, and Stresa
.
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 Novara
Province of Novara
Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...
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 of 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 110 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 45 km north of Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,470 and an area of 12.5 km².
The municipality of Lesa 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) Villa Lesa, Solcio, Comnago, and Calogna.
Lesa borders the following municipalities: Belgirate
Belgirate
Belgirate is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km south of Verbania....
, Brovello-Carpugnino
Brovello-Carpugnino
Brovello-Carpugnino is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 14 km southwest of Verbania...
, Ispra
Ispra
Ispra is a comune and small town on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese .Some of the main Institutes of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission are located there, including the Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen , the Institute for...
, Massino Visconti
Massino Visconti
Massino Visconti is a municipality in the Province of Novara, in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast of Turin and about 40 km north of Novara...
, Meina
Meina
Meina is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara, on Lake Maggiore....
, Nebbiuno
Nebbiuno
Nebbiuno is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 40 km north of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,709 and an area of 8.2 km².Nebbiuno borders the following municipalities:...
, Ranco, and Stresa
Stresa
Stresa is a town and comune of about 5,000 inhabitants on the shores of the Lago Maggiore in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy; it is situated on the road and rail routes to the Simplon pass, about 90 km north-west of Milan. Since the early 20th century, the main source of income has been the...
.