- Ispra
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Ispra-Stemma.png
official_name = Comune di Ispra
region =Lombardy
province = Varese (VA)
elevation_m = 220
area_total_km2 = 15
population_as_of =
population_total = 4673
population_density_km2 = 312
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|48|50|N|08|36|43|E
frazioni = Barza, Quassa
telephone = 0332
postalcode = 21027
gentilic =
saint = San Martino di Tours
day =11 November
mayor =
website =Ispra is a small town on the eastern shore of
Lake Maggiore , in theprovince of Varese (Lombardy , northernItaly ). Population in 2001 amounted to 4,686 residents.Some of the main Institutes of the
Joint Research Centre (JRC) of theEuropean Commission (EC) are located there, including theInstitute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen (IPSC), theInstitute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) and theInstitute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), as well as the Ispra site Directorate (IS).Locally, the research establishment is referred to as the CCR (Centro Comune di Ricerca) or asEURATOM - based on its history in nuclear research. The site still contains a number of experimentalnuclear reactor s in the process of being decommissioned [ [http://www.geocities.com/energia_nucleare/nucleare/impianto_nucleare_ispra.htm nuclear reactors] ] .ee also
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