Verbania

Verbania is a city and comune (commune) on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont in northwest Italy. It was created by the 1939 merger of the cities of Intra and Palanza. Since 1992 it has been the capital of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola.

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It has a population of 30,079 (2001); the commune covers an area of approximately 37 km?.

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Verbania is twinned with the following cities and towns:

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• Bourg-de-P?age, France
• Crikvenica, Croatia
• East Grinstead, United Kingdom
• Mindelheim*, Germany
• Sant Feliu de Gu?xols*, Spain
• Schwaz, Austria

(* denotes a Wikipedia article in another language)

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Comune: In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....

Lake Maggiore: Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or lago Verbano) is the most westerly of the three large Prealpine lakes of Europe and the second largest after Lake Garda. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....

Piedmont: Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. It has an area of 25,400 km2 and a population of est. 4.3 million. Its capital is Turin....