Campione D' Italia

Campione d'Italia
State of Italy
region Lombardei
province Como (CO)
geographical location of 45° 57 ' N 8° 58 ' O
height of 273 m and. NN
surface 1,6 km ²
inhabitant 2,279
population density 1140 Einwohner/km ²
postal zip code I-22060, CH-6911
preselection +4191
ISTAT - code 013040
name of the inhabitants Campionesi
protection patron San Zenone
Website comune.campione D italia

Campione D' Italia (usually short Campione) is an Italian Exklave in Swiss canton Tessin, which is separate by the Luganersee and mountains from Italy.

The special status Campiones developed, when the Tessin joined 1798 of Switzerland, the inhabitants of Campionebut part of the Lombardei to remain wanted, which became 1871 part of Italy. The additive D' Italia was attached under Mussolini at the names.

Campione is integrated economically strong into Switzerland, uses Franconia as Hauptwährung and profited from special regulations for Italians on Swiss area. ThoseVehicles of the local police (polizia municipale) have Swiss license number of the canton Tessin.

The telephone network is Swiss, which means that calls from Italy with the preselection 00 41 91 to begin to have and with it „foreign country is selected “. Campione has, similarly as le singing, both Swiss(CH-6911) and an Italian postal zip code (I-22060). In the years 1944 to 1952 the place spent even own stamps , which caused large philatelic interest (see post office history and stamps of Campione D' Italia).

Campione profits from the status quo by a well-known Casino, there lawsfor play halls are less strict than in the remainder of Italy or in Switzerland, which also an inheritance of the Vorkriegszeit is.

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