Belgirate | |
Official Name: | Comune di Belgirate |
Coordinates: | 45.8333°N 42°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) |
Frazioni: | Carcioni |
Mayor: | Giorgio Pollini |
Area Total Km2: | 8.4 |
Population Total: | 542 |
Population As Of: | 30 September 2008[1] |
Population Demonym: | Belgiratesi |
Elevation M: | 199 |
Saint: | Purification of the Holy Virgin |
Postal Code: | 28832 |
Area Code: | 0322 |
Belgirate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 110km (70miles) northeast of Turin and about 11km (07miles) south of Verbania.
Belgirate borders the following municipalities: Besozzo, Brebbia, Ispra, Leggiuno, Lesa, Monvalle, Stresa.
The small Romanesque church of St. Mary dates to the 11th century and is preceded by a 16th-century portico with some frescoes of Bernardino Luini school.