Varenna
Varenna
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| Comune di Varenna | |
 Varenna seen from an approaching ferry | |
Location of Varenna | |
  Varenna Location of Varenna in Italy  Varenna Varenna (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 46°1′N 9°17′E / 46.017°N 9.283°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Lecco (LC) |
| Frazioni | Fiumelatte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlo Molteni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 646 |
| Demonym | Varennesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 23829 |
| Dialing code | 0341 |
| Website | www.comune.varenna.lc.it |
Varenna (Comasco, Lecchese: Varena) is a comune on Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Lombardy region in Italy. It is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Lecco.
Personalities
- Giovanni Battista Pirelli (* 1848 in Varenna; † 1932 in Milan), founder of the tire company Pirelli.
- Sentin Petrovich (* 1774 in Varenna; † 1847 in Moscow), Russian sculptor.
- Enrico Fermi, whose name is associated with the summer schools that are periodically held at Villa Monastero.
References
- 1 2 "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)
- ↑ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-04-01. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varenna.
- Official website of Varenna (in Italian)