Laveno-Mombello is another small commune in the Province of Varese with a population of about 9000.

The municipality was formed in 1927 to encompass the previously separate centres of Laveno, Mombello and Cerro. The Roman general Titus Labienus, who gave the name to the main town of Laveno, is considered responsible for naming Mombello too, after a battle with the Gauls ("mons belli" means "war hill"). In the 19th Century, Laveno Mombello was home to important ceramic industries. Today, it is a port town that connects the province of Varese with Verbania and the famous Borromean Islands across Lake Maggiore.

Laveno is the last station of the Ferrovie Nord railway line which comes from Milan. The town hosts a wide port from which the ferries linking theLombard and the Piedmont shores arrive and depart. The fort on the top of the hill is testimony to its importance.

For a long time Laveno was famous for its Italian Pottery but has like many Lake Maggiore towns now focussed its attentions on the tourist industry.