Villadossola
thumb|240px|Church of San Bartolomeo. Villadossola (Piedmontese ''Vila d'Òssola) is a town and comune'' of the Val d’Ossola in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, northern Italy, some northeast of Turin. It stands just south of Domodossola, to the west of the Toce, and at the mouth of the picturesque Valle Antrona, one of the seven side valleys of the Val d’Ossola.
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Villadossola is a small town in the Val d'Ossola region of northern Italy's Piedmont province, located just south of Domodossola at the entrance to the picturesque Valle Antrona valley. It serves as a local administrative center and geographic gateway to one of the seven major side valleys in the Val d'Ossola area.
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- Villadossola
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- Comune di Villadossola
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- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.province
- Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Boschetto, Noga, Piaggio, Villa Sud, Villaggio, Gaggio, Falghera
- Italian comune.mayor
- Bruno Toscani
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- 18.73
- Italian comune.population_total
- 6655
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thumb|240px|Church of San Bartolomeo. Villadossola (Piedmontese ''Vila d'Òssola) is a town and comune'' of the Val d’Ossola in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, northern Italy, some northeast of Turin. It stands just south of Domodossola, to the west of the Toce, and at the mouth of the picturesque Valle Antrona, one of the seven side valleys of the Val d’Ossola.
In the past this was an important centre for the iron and steel, and chemical industries. Today the local economy is focused on the tertiary sector and many of the industrial buildings have been converted to other uses: the town's theatre, La Fabbrica, is based in a former factory.