Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore | |
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  Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore Location of Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore in Italy  Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore (Italy) | |
| Coordinates: 46°6′6″N8°44′23″E / 46.10167°N 8.73972°E Coordinates: 46°6′6″N8°44′23″E / 46.10167°N 8.73972°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Varese (VA) |
| Frazioni | Zenna, Monti di Pino, Alpe Cortiggia, Piano Volpera, Bersona, Mulinaccio, Alpe Tabia, Piano della Rogna, Alpe di Piero |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 289 m (948 ft) |
| Population (Dec. 2004) [1] | |
| • Total | 251 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21010 |
| Dialing code | 0332 |
Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore is a former municipality of Italy, now frazione of the municipality of Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca in the Province of Varese.
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca is a comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy, Italy, that was formed on 25 May 2014 from fusion of the communes of Maccagno, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore and Veddasca. A referendum to create this comune was held on 1 December 2013. The referendum was passed with 77% yes and 33% no votes.
The province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese, but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The headquarters of the AgustaWestland, the company merged into Leonardo since 2016, the world's largest producer of helicopters, is based in Samarate, a comune of the province. As of 2015, it has a population of 889,410 inhabitants over an area of 1,198.11 square kilometres (462.59 sq mi). The provincial president is Nicola Gunnar Vincenzi.
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It held the status of comune until 2014 when it was merged with Maccagno and Verdasca to form the new municipality.
The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.
It lies about located about 110 km northwest of Milan and about 70 km northwest of Varese, on the border with Switzerland.
Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,395,274 while its metropolitan city has a population of 3,245,308. Its continuously built-up urban area has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 over 1,891 square kilometres. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that extends over central Lombardy and eastern Piedmont and which counts an estimated total population of 7.5 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. Milan served as capital of the Western Roman Empire from 286 to 402 and the Duchy of Milan during the medieval period and early modern age.
Varese is a city and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of Milan.
Until its suppression, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore held along with San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, the record of Italian comune with the longest name (30 letters).
San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore is a mountain hill town in the province of Pescara, part of the Abruzzo region in central Italy.
