Porto Ceresio

Porto Ceresio is a municipality with 3028 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Varese ( Lombardy ) in a small bay on Lake Lugano in Italy to Switzerland.

Neighboring municipalities of Porto Ceresio are Besano, Brusimpiano and Cuasso al Monte in Italy and Brusino Arsizio, Meride and Morcote in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Porto Ceresio has an area of 4.8 km ² and a population density of 639.17 inhabitants per km ². It is 280 m above sea level. M.

Geography

The height of the municipality ranges from 210 m up to 955 m above sea level. M., hence the difference from the lowest to the highest point is 745 m.

Demographic Trends

The municipality of Porto Ceresio has registered in the census of 1991 2959 inhabitants. In the census of 2001 3068 inhabitants were registered. Thus, the population has grown in the decade of 1991-2001 to 3.68%.

The inhabitants spread over 1209 households. On average, therefore live 2.54 persons per household.

Personalities

  • Andreoletti Pietro (1860-1933), sculptor
  • Andrea Appiani († 1668), sculptor and architect

Traffic

In addition to a station ( railway Varese Porto Ceresio ) the place is also connected to the SS344 to Varese. In addition, boats Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano run.

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