Val Bognanco (Bognanco Valley) is a valley of the

Alps The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. ...

, situated in the Pennine range. The valley is drained by the Bogna, a tributary of the

Toce The Toce (; ; ) is a river in Piedmont, Italy, which stretches the length of the Val d'Ossola from the Swiss border to Lake Maggiore into which it debouches near Fondotoce in the commune of Verbania. The river is long and is formed in the uppe ...

Domodossola Domodossola (; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola (due to it ...

that in turn drains into

Lake Maggiore Lake Maggiore (, ; ; ; ; literally 'greater lake') or Verbano (; ) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest lake in Italy and the largest in southern Switzerland. The lake and its shoreline are divided be ...

. The west side of the valley is

mountain ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest, wi ...

that is attached to the main chain of

Pennine Alps The Pennine Alps (, , , ), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley and Piedmont) an ...

at Pizzo di Andolla and stretches from Northwest to Southeast. This ridge separates the Diveria river from Bogna. Multiple mountains surrounding the valley are higher than 2,500 meters, and include Pizzo Straciugo (), Cima del Rosso (), Pizzo Pioltone (), and Cima d'Azoglio (). The ridges around the valley contain multiple passes that used to be important to the economy of the valley in the past, including the Monscera Pass () and the Pontimia Pass () connecting to

Simplon Valley The Simplon Valley or Divedro Valley (German language, German: ''Simplontal'', Italian language, Italian: ''Val Divedro'') is a valley of the Alps, situated between the Pennine Alps, Pennine and the Lepontine Alps, Lepontine ranges. The valley is ...

. The valley is known for the springs and spa center of Terme di Bognanco, located at Bognanco Fonti. The valley is located 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

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 ...

region of

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. It belongs to a single municipality,

Bognanco Bognanco (Western Lombard: ''Bügnanch''), population about 250, is a commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley, called Val Bognanco, about northeast of Turin immediately to the ...

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