Formazza (; ; ) is a (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about northeast of

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and about north of

Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ab ...

, on the border with Switzerland. Formazza borders the following municipalities: Baceno,

Bedretto Bedretto () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and a village in the Val Bedretto, the upper most part of the river Ticino (river), Ticino. It belongs to the district of Leventina (district), Leventina in the Cantons of Switzerland, c ...

(Switzerland), Bignasco (Switzerland), Binn (Switzerland), Bosco/Gurin (Switzerland), Cavergno (Switzerland), Premia, Reckingen-Gluringen (Switzerland), Ulrichen (Switzerland). The village was founded by

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and

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is still spoken.

Geography and climate

The village is situated about an elevation of above sea level on the Formazza plateau in Formazza valley. Its altitude and location directly under the high mountains of the western Alps influences the climate. In fact, there is an average of more than one meter and thirty centimeters of precipitation per year (especially snow). The climate is the type ''Dfb''/''Dfc'' (

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), which means it is a humid continental climate with fresh and short summers (but usually there is no dry season). The annual average temperature at one local weather station is about and usually the coldest month (January) has a daily mean temperature of about . The lowest values can reach about . The hottest month (July) has an average temperature of about and the summer lasts less than three months.

''Frazioni''

''Frazioni'', or subdivisions of Formazza (first name in Italian, second name in Walser): * Antillone / Puneigä * Brendo / In dä Brendu * Canza / Früttwald - Früduwald * Chiesa - Alla Chiesa / Zer Chilchu - Andermatten - An där Mattu - In där Mattu * Fondovalle / Stafelwald - Schtaafuwaald * Foppiano / Untermstalden - Unnerum Schtaldä * Frua / Uf der Frütt * Sotto Frua / Unter der Frütt * Grovella / Gurfelen - Gurfelä * Morasco / Moraschg * Ponte - Al Ponte / Zum Steg - Zumstäg - Zumschtäg - Zer Briggu * Riale / Kehrbäch(i) - Cherbäch * Valdo / Wald - Waald * San Michele / Tuffwaald - Tuffalt

Geography and climate

''Frazioni''

People

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