Lavarone

Lavarone (, Cimbrian: "Lavròu") is a "comune" (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Südtirol Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion, located about southeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,109 and an area of .
The municipality of Lavarone contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions): Chiesa, Cappella, Gionghi, Masetti, Villanova, Longhi, Magrè, Slaghenaufi, Bertoldi, Nicolussi, Piccoli, Oseli, Gasperi, Lanzino, Albertini, Rocchetti, Malga Laghetto, Stengheli, Azzolini and Masi di Sotto.
Lavarone borders the following municipalities: Caldonazzo, Luserna, Folgaria, Pedemonte, Levico Terme and Lastebasse.
Until the beginning of the 20th century the people of Lavarone spoke Cimbrian, an ancient German Bavarian dialect.