Locana is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin
The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and ...
in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northwest of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
in the
Orco Valley. In the early 1900s the town had about 7,000 residents. As of 2019 the population declined to 1,500.
Locana borders the following municipalities:
Cogne
Cogne (, ; Issime wae, Kunji) is a town and '' comune'' (municipality) in Aosta Valley, northern Italy, with 1369 inhabitants, as of 2017.
Geography
Cogne is located in the valley with the same name along a stream known as the Torrent Grand ...
,
Ronco Canavese,
Noasca,
Ribordone,
Sparone
Sparone is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin in the Canavese.
It is home to the Romanesque church of Santa Croce, of medieval origin, which houses ...
,
Chialamberto,
Cantoira,
Corio,
Monastero di Lanzo
Monastero di Lanzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km northwest of Turin.
Monastero di Lanzo borders the following municipalities: Locana, Cantoira, Coassolo ...
and
Coassolo Torinese. The ''comune'' is part of the
Gran Paradiso National Park
Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian: ''Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso''; ), is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the ...
, housing a series of small alpine lakes and glaciers; peaks in the area include the
Torre del Gran San Pietro (3,692 m). The
Lake of Ceresole is also located nearby.
In 2019 the mayor, Giovanni Bruno Mattiet, announced that the municipality of Locana will pay families up to €9,000, (US$10,200) over a three-year period just for moving to the village. To qualify the families must have at least one child and a yearly income of €6,000. The goal is to stop the town from disappearing, since every year in town there are only 10 births but 40 deaths. The offer was first only for Italians or foreigners who already live in Italy, but the program was extended to also include foreigners living outside Italy.
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
Canavese
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