Macugnaga

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Macugnaga
Comune
Comune di Macugnaga
Location of Macugnaga
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Coordinates: 45°58′N 7°58′E / 45.967°N 7.967°E / 45.967; 7.967
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
Frazioni	Borca, Pestarena, Fornarelli, Isella, Motta, Stabioli, Staffa (municipal seat)
Government
• Mayor	Alessandro Bonacci
Area [1]
• Total	99.57 km2 (38.44 sq mi)
Elevation	1,327 m (4,354 ft)
Population  (1 January 2021)[2]
• Total	532
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Demonym	Macugnaghese(i)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28876
Dialing code	0324
Patron saint	Assumption of Mary
Saint day	15 August
Website	Official website

Macugnaga (Walser German: Z'Makana) is a mountain village and a comune at 1,327 metres (4,354 ft) elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of the Piedmont region of Italy.

It is located at the base of Monte Rosa (4,638 metres (15,217 ft)), the second-tallest mountain in western Europe, along Valle Anzasca, one of the seven valleys around the mount.

Sights in the town include the Chiesa Vecchia (old church) and its linden also of the 13th century, the Chiesa Nuova (new church) built in 1707, the 17th century Casa Pala. The town also houses a museum of mountaineering, while in the hamlet of Borca is the Walser Museum, devoted to the local German population who colonised the valley during the Middle Ages coming from the Swiss canton Wallis.

The area gives many opportunities for skiing in winter (a cableway brings from the central square of the town to the 3000 m (9800 ft) of the Passo del Monte Moro on the border with Switzerland), and hiking and mountaineering in summer. There are a swimming pool, a tennis centre, and a football field for sport activities.

The village is also known for its mine (Miniera della Guia).