Ispra
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Ispra | |
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| Comune di Ispra | |
 Lake Maggiore seen from Ispra. | |
 Coat of arms | |
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Location of Ispra  | |
  Ispra Location of Ispra in Italy  Ispra Ispra (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′50″N 08°36′43″E / 45.81389°N 8.61194°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Varese (VA) |
| Frazioni | Barza, Cascine, Quassa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Melissa De Santis |
| Area | |
• Total | 15 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,086 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Ispresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21027 |
| Dialing code | 0332 |
| Patron saint | St. Martin of Tours |
| Saint day | 11 November |
| Website | Official website |
Ispra is a comune and small town on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy).
The research centre in Ispra originally belonged to the Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare (CNEN) and was officially transferred to the European Community on 1 March 1961.[4] Since 1973, non-nuclear research evolved rapidly, especially in topics related to safety and the environment. After 16 years of research, the nuclear reactor at JRC Ispra[5] was shut down in 1983.[6]
Toponymy
Attested by the name Ispira (712), Ispira (XIV). Appears as Ispratium in Aegidius Tschudi's Beschreibung Galliae Comatae.[7] According to Gaudenzio Merula the origin of the name could lie onto the rocky nature of this landscape; Hisprum quasi asperum ob saxorum difficultates,[8] that is to say equivalent to the Latin hispida (cf. hispid and ispido) and related to the Provençal ispre with the "d" shifting to an "r" due to rhotacism.[9]
