Massino Visconti | |
Official Name: | Comune di Massino Visconti |
Coordinates: | 45.8167°N 40°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Province: | Novara (NO) |
Frazioni: | Monte, San Salvatore |
Mayor: | Angela Buzzi |
Area Total Km2: | 6.8 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1106 |
Population As Of: | Dec. 2004 |
Population Demonym: | Massinesi |
Elevation M: | 465 |
Postal Code: | 28040 |
Area Code: | 0322 |
Massino Visconti (usually called simply Massino) is a municipality in the Province of Novara, in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 110km (70miles) northeast of Turin and about 40km (30miles) north of Novara.
Massino Visconti is bordered by the municipalities of Armeno, Brovello-Carpugnino, Lesa and Nebbiuno.
Massino got the suffix "Visconti" from the House of Visconti of Milan, an important noble family in medieval Italy, who were initially the lords of Massino.