Malesco is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola The province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (, ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of the province of Novara. The ar ...

in the

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region

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

, 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 ...

, the provincial capital. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,478 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Malesco is the most populous ''comune'' in Val Vigezzo and has a station on the Domodossola–Locarno railway which runs along the valley. The neighbouring municipalities are:

Cossogno Cossogno ( Lombard: Cussögn) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania. Cossogno borders the following municipalities: Ma ...

Craveggia Craveggia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Domodossola, on the border with Switzerland Switzerland, officially the ...

, Re,

Santa Maria Maggiore Santa Maria Maggiore (), also known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major or the Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, is one of the four Basilicas in the Catholic Church#Major and papal basilicas, major papal basilicas and one of the Seven Pilgrim C ...

Trontano Trontano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian Piedmont region, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,684 and an area of ...

Valle Cannobina Valle Cannobina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 30 November 2018, it ha ...

, Villette.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Verbania-geo-stub