Mergozzo (''Margözz'' in Ossolano dialect) 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 Italian 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 Turin and about northwest 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 ...

. Mergozzo borders the following municipalities:

Gravellona Toce Gravellona Toce () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania. Main sights *Gallo-Roman necropolis *Parish church of St. Pet ...

, Ornavasso, Premosello-Chiovenda, San Bernardino Verbano,

Economy

Tourism based on the attractions of Lake Mergozzo, nearly all of which falls within the territory of the ''comune'', forms the principal basis of the local economy. Next in importance is the quarrying and working of stone. The pink marble of Candoglia, which was employed in building the

Duomo di Milano Milan Cathedral ( ; ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbi ...

from the 14th century on, is still extracted; the stone of

Montorfano Montorfano (English: "orphan hill"; Brianzöö: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Como, part of Lombardy, in northern Italy. It is situated about south of Como, which is at the southern tip of Lake Como, c. north of Milan. It has a ...

is exported throughout the world. The agricultural sector is also active.Regione Piemonte, Direzione Pianificazione Risorse Idriche, PIANO DI TUTELA DELLE ACQUE (D.Lgs. 152/99) REV. 01 LUGLIO 2004: MERGOZZO
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Sport

In the area of the village Nibbio, in the municipality of Mergozzo there is a rock climbing area called ''La Panoramica''.

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* Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Verbania-geo-stub