Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont


Santa Maria Maggiore is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,236 and an area of.
Santa Maria Maggiore borders the following municipalities: Campo , Craveggia, Druogno, Malesco, Masera, Montecrestese, Toceno, Trontano, Vergeletto.
Santa Maria Maggiore is located on the narrow gauge Domodossola–Locarno railway, also known as the Centovalli railway which negotiates the rugged Italian Alps terrain between Domodossola, Italy, on the east and Locarno, Switzerland, on the west. It also passes through the villages of Intragna, Marone, and Malesco.