Luzzogno Explained

Luzzogno
Coordinates:	45.9144°N 8.3447°W
Province:	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Comune:	Valstrona
Elevation Footnotes:	^[1]
Elevation M:	707
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	353
Population As Of:	2001
Postal Code:	28897
Area Code:	(+39) 0323

Luzzogno is a frazione (and parish^[3]) of the municipality of Valstrona, in Piedmont, northern Italy.

Overview

It is a village located some km from the main road of the Valle Strona, on the left side of Strona river.

Since 1928 it was a separate comune (municipality).^[4]

Naming

Luzzogno should come from the latin Lux-omnium (light of everybody, or light of all the valley) or from Lucus-Usium, literally Usi's forest, being the Usi the old inhabitants of the area.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0), published by Regione Piemonte - 2007
2. 14° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni, Istat on-line data: dawinci.istat.it (accessed in June 2013)
3. Parrocchia di Luzzogno (abitazione parroco) www.elenchitelefonici.it(accessed on October 2013)
4. Gazzetta ufficiale del Regno d'Italia - year 69 nr.8, January 11th 1928; page 128; on-line in .pdf on http://augusto.digitpa.gov.it/gazzette/index/download/id/1928008_P1 (accessed on October 2013)
5. Benvenuti a Luzzogno!, on-line page on www.luzzogno.it (accessed on July 2013)